Hey all, Sam here. I needed a little bit longer to get the creative writing chapter deep-dive finished, so I'm pushing that Weekend Writer post to either Saturday or Sunday as a bonus post. So, for today, I decided to let you in on a project I'm working on. A decade ago, I released a… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Editing an Old Novel (A Before Look at the Prologue)
Category: NaNoWriMo
WIP Wednesday – July 19
Hey all, Sam and David back again today. In just two more weeks we will be on our way to Gen Con. Oh my goodness, we're starting to get really excited about that. It'll be nice to indulge our tabletop game loving sides, because we haven't been able to do that as much this year.… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – July 19
Weekend Writer: The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maass – Chapter Three
Hey all, Sam here. Sorry for not getting this post up yesterday, but I think sharing a writing snippet was a pretty decent substitute overall. I hope some of you have read it...and I would absolutely love to hear your thoughts on the writing and story so far. I know it's still a very rough… Continue reading Weekend Writer: The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maass – Chapter Three
Weekend Writer: Camp NaNoWriMo Snippet Share
Hey all, Sam here. All right...so I didn't get the Weekend Writer post I was meant to post ready in time, so it will be coming tomorrow. For today then...how about a peek into one of my projects for Camp NaNoWriMo this July? I've already done some sharing from Harbingers of Death, my Banshee/Valkyrie inspired… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Camp NaNoWriMo Snippet Share
WIP Wednesday – July 12
Hey all, Sam and David here. Hello and welcome back to another weekly check in! That's right, it's time for WIP Wednesday, which means it is time to go over everything we've been reading, watching, making, writing, and doing in the past week. Because, let's face it, most weeks we actually do have a lot… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – July 12
Weekend Writer: The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maass Chapters One and Two
Hey all, Sam here. Why yes, this weekend we get two Weekend Writer posts...which is something that seems to happen somewhat regularly, but that is totally okay. Some weekends you just need a little extra nudge in the writer portion of a creative life. I certainly know that I need a little extra push, a… Continue reading Weekend Writer: The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maass Chapters One and Two
Weekend Writer: July Prompts
Hey all, Sam here. How have we made it to another Friday already? The time seriously just goes flying by. It's mind-boggling sometimes. It feels like we've been doing so much here on the home front, and so there isn't as much downtime as we'd like. But David's getting back into his urge to paint… Continue reading Weekend Writer: July Prompts
Weekend Writer: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel Chapter Fifteen by Jessica Brody (AND Prompt Share)
Hey all, Sam here. It is the end of the month...and tomorrow is the start of Camp NaNoWriMo. I think I'm all ready to go. I have my project created on the NaNoWriMo site, I have the documents created in my Google Docs, and I just went to the store and did my habitual new… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Save the Cat! Writes a Novel Chapter Fifteen by Jessica Brody (AND Prompt Share)
July TBR
Hey all, Sam here. Okay, the June TBR actually went pretty well. At least in terms of me having a reading plan for the month...and I mostly stuck to it, even though there were a couple minor adjustments and rearrangements, so... let's try again for July. Starting with...the NetGalley reads I'm hoping to read and… Continue reading July TBR
WIP Wednesday – June 28
Hey all, Sam and David here today. There has been so much going on over here at Free State of Geek, both individually and together. We normally get up to quite a bit of stuff, but it seems that since we are on opposing work schedules, we get even more done when the other person… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – June 28
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