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Month: April 2014

Finishing, etc

April 30, 2014April 23, 2020jlknapp505Leave a Comment on Finishing, etc
Man proposes, nature disposes. You may have heard something like that before. It’s true; I’m waiting because my editor is right in the middle of all the flooding in Florida.…
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Finishing

April 29, 2014April 23, 2020jlknapp505Leave a Comment on Finishing
I finished revising the last chapter of Darwin’s World last night. I expected to publish it today. Silly of me, I suppose. But the book has my name on the…
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Plotting, etc

April 27, 2014April 23, 2020jlknapp505Leave a Comment on Plotting, etc
Writing’s easy. Really. There you are, a terrifying blank screen in front of you. Now what? You need a protagonist. He needs a name. Let’s call him John Fitzgerald. Hey,…
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Advice

April 27, 2014April 23, 2020jlknapp505Leave a Comment on Advice
I’ve followed my own advice this week, keeping to the habits I’ve established. Despite playing a gig at an elementary school and another jam band get-together at a community center,…
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Habits

April 22, 2014April 23, 2020jlknapp505Leave a Comment on Habits
Professional writers depend on habit. They build those habits carefully, working around life but always, always putting aside time for writing. It’s far too easy to allow distractions to gobble…
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Combat Wizard; an excerpt

April 19, 2014April 23, 2020jlknapp505Leave a Comment on Combat Wizard; an excerpt
The book is available on Amazon. The first book in the Wizards Trilogy, this one’s a bit dark; the themes I explore are science fiction oriented, but at the same…
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Writing, and revising

April 18, 2014April 23, 2020jlknapp5051 Comment on Writing, and revising
Writing’s easy. Decide what’s going to happen, who’s going to do the action or be affected by it, then decide if other characters are involved. Are there unexpected side effects?…
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Talent

April 16, 2014April 23, 2020jlknapp505Leave a Comment on Talent
Talent, Chapter 9 I wrote this chapter last evening between 7 and 9pm. It hasn’t been edited or proofread. You can’t buy the book, not yet; it’s not written. But…
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Introduction

April 16, 2014April 23, 2020jlknapp505Leave a Comment on Introduction
This blog is about writing; mine, and on occasion, the work of others. There will be short stories from time to time and excerpts from my novels. But most of…
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