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...
by CM Genton | Sep 2, 2024 | For Writers
Or: Should I subject my art to deconstruction? My debut novel took me ten years to research, write, and publish. Perhaps its production was like the return of Jesus–taking an awfully long time but appearing at the right moment. I dunno. What slowed things down...
