Meanwhile, back at the salt mines

Turda salt mine, Romania.

In the earliest days of this blog, I wrote a few posts that outlined my approach to novel-writing. I'm not the sort to heed other people's advice so I invented the process from whole cloth.

I had questions and I questioned everything. First person or third person? Must I include an antagonist? How would I avoid the boring pitfalls most novels fall into (like sci-fi novels including evil government agents in every single story)? How should I write dialogue? And how the heck do you structure a scene? It was all new to me. When I started writing, I didn't know a thing.

Reading Xmas Carol (yes, again)

Since I changed two aspects of the plot in Xmas Carol during my last reading/editing adventure, I'm rereading the book. It's been a pleasant experience so far. I do believe Xmas Carol is just about ready to meet the world. Gotta finish the read first. Stay tuned.