This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.- Voltaire In other words, the title of this whole thing is very misleading. And yet, in order to …
As promised in the last post, I’ll provide a short overview of the Protestant Reformation. This was a series of events that changed European Christianity forever, and nearly 100 years after its beginnings, culminated in the 30 Years War. In …
Yes, I’m still chewing over the things I’m learning from this book. I’m really enjoying the work on the characters, although it’s taking some time. I’m sure most authors don’t have six main characters! They’re starting to feel like a …
Based on my concept, a lot of stuff has to change. Now, I’m working my way through the characters, one by one, doing a very detailed analysis of each. It’s a bit daunting- thousands of words that won’t make it …
For the past few weeks, I had a feeling that something had to change. I wasn’t happy with my protagonist, and my plot was all over the place, when it wasn’t adhering rather boringly to historical events. Something was missing. …
It seems I’m learning the hard way that I can’t write fiction and non-fiction on the same day. In theory, writing different things in two-hour blocks seems reasonable. In practice, my brain is completely unable to switch gears. So, in …
So, by the end of NaNoWriMo, I thought I was more or less at the end of my novel. Since it’s the first in a series, I wasn’t entirely clear as to where the end should be, exactly. Then, my …
This is actually kind of old news, but my fingers couldn’t type anymore and then Thanksgiving (and Catching Fire) got in the way. I got to 50K around 11 am on the 26th! It was kind of insane. I started …
Somewhere in the neighborhood of 42K. I’m shooting for 6800 words today/night/morning and probably another block of the same later today. I’ve been using #NaNoWordsprints on Twitter to help me along. Turns out I can easily knock out 1200 words …
So, the moment I finished my 8k on NaNoThon day, I fell into bed, feeling like utter crap. It just got worse for the next five days or so, and then I very slooooowwwwly started to get better. After a …