by CM Genton | Jan 2, 2025 | For Writers
While writing, I would jot down the words I suspected were overused. Then when the draft was done, I would do a search and correct them. [See image] But no more. The dinosaur bought an app. Like many apps, this one will search for those deadly adverbs, the (mostly)...
by CM Genton | Dec 30, 2024 | For Writers
First, research and create your meaningful character names. Then when you’ve grown to know and love them, change them. To ease reader confusion, I carefully crafted and differentiated my major characters’ names in my first book. Then while working on one...
by CM Genton | Dec 2, 2024 | For Writers
Revisions can leave some chapters too long or too short. You are welcome to use my method to keep track, called “The Way of the Dinosaur.” [Note image of scribbles.] And we all know what happened to those cold-blooded reptiles. The Triassic-Jurassic...
by CM Genton | Nov 2, 2024 | For Writers
That depends. Is your brain wired for analog or digital? My brain is analog, or dinosaurian. Like some people, I struggle to remember my flashes of inspiration, but unlike most, I don’t have opposable thumbs. No! I mean I’m one of the few remaining...
by CM Genton | Oct 2, 2024 | For Writers
One day in the life of a self-publisher My debut novel wasn’t selling, so I pulled it from the market to gamble time, money, and energy int a revision and a new cover. Today was typical: I contact the new cover artist to say I need more time. He wants the spine...
