by KariAnn | Aug 29, 2015 | books, philosophy, publishing, SciFi, Trojan Wars, writing
Three years ago I started a novel. It turned into Rock Hopper. Half way through Rock Hopper, I wrote Olivia’s Field, but I kept returning to the Trojan War universe to write more about Rock Hopper’s characters. They had reasons for the choices they made. Most of those...
by KariAnn | Aug 8, 2015 | books, contest, critique, publishing, SciFi, Trojan Wars, urban fantasy, writing
We split ourselves, for ease and genre. What do you read? Everything, but mostly scifi. Speculative fiction doesn’t cut it. Fantasy is science fiction in the broad scheme. The writing guild is Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, after all. But we’ll take...
by KariAnn | Aug 2, 2015 | publishing, Trojan Wars, urban fantasy
I’m a planner. I have a plan b, a contingency plan and then a couple more besides. The decision tree never ends, why should the planning? I write, after all, and this planning is really plotting. There are many plans in action at one time, too. Sometimes the plan...
by KariAnn | Dec 24, 2014 | books, publishing, Trojan Wars
Rock Hopper is in its penultimate editing phase, which means we need to pick a cover. These are not the final versions, but are edging that direction. Which style do you prefer? ...
by KariAnn | Sep 27, 2014 | publishing, writing
I’ve read a lot of “how to write” blogs in the last three years. Many of them are by people who have written a book or two that are out in the world to check out! Many of them are by people who have fewer than one book under their belts. I trust...
by KariAnn | Jul 1, 2014 | books, critique, editing, publishing
I’m not a best seller, I’m not repped by an agent. I’m just a person learning the art of writing for an audience. People love to give advice to aspiring authors. Advice-givers are everywhere, on every website, coming from established writers and those compiling what...
