Are you a plotter or a pantser? I am a pantser! When I first sat in front of the computer to write, I never dreamt I had a novel in me. But I heard and visualized the story in my head like a movie playing. Luckily, I type fast (thank you Ms. Irwin, my high…
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Solving the Conflict Puzzle
I recently started a new novel. I’ve only been working on it for a few weeks, but it’s already given me an epiphany. I looked at my last book as a collection of elements, all independent from one another. I spent the first round of revision working out plot kinks, the next developing character, the…
The Eureka! Moment
Have you ever had one of those when you’re writing? When you suddenly notice something that was right there, but you couldn’t see it until that exact moment in time? I recently had one, and while it gave me a bit of a headache, it was definitely a good thing. This weekend was the Jeffery Deaver…
Meet the WOTY Finalist: Curtis Craddock
For all that is good and holy in the world, what possessed you to become an author? I was told there would be no math. Are you a plotter or a pantser? Being a pantser technically requires pants, which is a level of organization to which I can only aspire. If you were a taco…
Rocky Mountain Writer #123
Paul Toth & Science Fiction Ideas Paul Toth’s interest in science fiction may have started in an extremely remote town in Alaska where fantasy role playing helped add to the variety of life. But through moves to San Francisco and Boise and now Omaha, Paul has kept his interest in science fiction and is today…