Category Archives: News – updates on books, events, appearances, etc.

For those who haven’t noticed, I just finished chapter 40 of 60 on this draft of Curse of a Dark God. My original target was September 5th to finish the draft. I’m closer in my projections than I have been in the past, but I’m clearly not going to make that date. However, I’m going →

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Writing Update: 6/13/11 – reviewing the beginning

By John Brown | June 13, 2011 - 8:27 am |June 13, 2011 News - updates on books, events, appearances, etc., On Writing

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I’ve finished chapter 17 of CURSE. I’m up to 50,000 words and have moved from the presentation phase into the struggle. And I’m stopping at this point to review the what I’ve got. I’ve learned that if the foundations of the story–the presentation phase–has fundamental flaws in it, you’re only going to create a HUGE →

Writing Update: 5/28/11 – Freewrites, Storylines, Proportion

By John Brown | May 28, 2011 - 3:46 pm |May 28, 2011 News - updates on books, events, appearances, etc., On Writing

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I finished the next chapter of my outline, which turned into three chapters. Hurray for making progress. However, I’m going to need to make more time on a weekly basis if I’m going to meet my goal. I’ve kept stats over the last four novels. My average is 500 words per hour during the drafting →

Writing Update: 5/21/11 – visualize first, scene goals, the power of research

By John Brown | May 21, 2011 - 11:10 pm |May 21, 2011 News - updates on books, events, appearances, etc., On Writing

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I finished two chpaters this week. I’m quite a bit behind my stretch schedule which has me finishing the beginning of August although not too far behind my my conservative schedule which has me finishing the end of September. A few more weeks and we’ll see if I’m giong to meet the stretch schedule. A lot of these →

Maya Lassiter interviews The Man

By John Brown | May 20, 2011 - 11:06 pm |May 20, 2011 News - updates on books, events, appearances, etc., On Writing

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Maya has one of the most quirky goat-loving blogs around. I dare you to read just one of her blogs. You can’t do it. You’ll find yourself going back to read another. And another. Anyway, she’s been doing a series called “How Writers Do What They Do” where she interviews authors on the creative process. Mine’s the latest, but there →