So I posted the hardcover, and I realized too late that I had somehow missed the “h” in Elizabeth. So the title is “Elizabet: Heritage Journey: A series Collection.” Amazon won’t let me change it in KDP or Author Central. The only way I can change it is to unpublish it and try again. After…
“Elizabeth!” Patricia slid into the room and closed the door behind her. “There’s a council emergency meeting.”“What kind of emergency?” I asked. “The one where I can go home, get dressed, pick up a coffee or the ‘Drop everything now!’ variety.”“Closer to the last one.” Patricia brushed her freshly dyed hair over her shoulder. The…
I’ve had ChatGPT play CLOSAT. If you never heard of CLOSAT (acronym for Character, Location, Object (of contention) Situation (triggering) Action, Theme), it’s a game that could help encourage writing, especially if you are struggling to come up with any new ideas. You can check out my first post on the game here. A few…
I finally finished the edits to “The Gathering.” My daughter is currently working on the cover, and I’m taking a couple of days off before rereading it to do another slew of minor edits before formatting it. Remember when a week seemed like forever? We are already at the end of the first month of…
The problem with writing is the research. There’s been a few stories of writers who get the dreaded knock at the door. While the Trash Taste crew are talking to a chemist, he happens to have a similar problem when researching chemicals. Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
This one has to do with a single rule (see part 1 and part 2: Don’t use cliche openings. Inspired by the last two, I made this into one big cliche’d story (original). I’m not editing this mess. TW – mixed tenses. It was a dark and stormy night during the best of times and…
After writing the last short story on Blogger, I thought I would give it another shot (see the original; I edited this one a little). Prologue: The wise white wizard in his white flowing robes. The wind made them flutter around him as he turned towards the other white wizard. “Wise friend.” He stroke…
But I broke all the rules… And it turned out as you would expect. Someone tweeted Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules for Writing on Twitter: How many of Elmore's "rules" do you break? pic.twitter.com/fQrmnC8fCd — Mαɾƚყɳ R. Wιɳƚҽɾʂ (@UKHamlet) October 17, 2022 A while back on Facebook, someone else has also posted these rules, and I…
Elizabeth: Transformation for Amazon Kindle is free for only three more days: Today (Wednesday, September 28th), tomorrow (9/29), and Friday (9/30). Your last chance (at least until the next quarter).
Sixty-Two-year-old Elizabeth Weinstein, like everyone else, is trying to make it in a post-government collapse society. Things are starting to look up for everyone, including her – until a DNA test showed her true heritage. Now, as she tries to resolve her past with her newfound future, she finds herself dealing with Nevil, a narcissistic…