“What snack would you eat right now?” As someone who likes the rigidity of meal times, I don’t really do the snack thing. But the question got me thinking about eating in fiction. Being lazy, I thought I’d repost one of my fun fiction snippets that cover the topic…
Tag: genre scribes
Crawling Out From Under My Rock aka An Update Post
It’s about time I did a writing update. I got out of the habit of doing updates, and I suppose the time away made it a wee bit daunting. But here I am, braving the blank blog page.
A while back, I decided I needed a break from pre-editing Working the Asset (Deniable Unit #1). The story still excites me, but there’s something not quite right about it. A bit of time away and a good hard look at the structure will fix it when I get back to it. Of that, I’m certain.
So, what have I been spending my time doing? Besides a significant declutter, dealing with injuries/illnesses–my own and Jez’s–and going yarn daft, I took a story structure course to up my outlining skills.
A Fear of Pants
Continue reading “Crawling Out From Under My Rock aka An Update Post“Writing Update and A wee bit about Genre Scribes
Hi all!
This week has been a hard slog…to no real progress. Well, none that moves the percentage bar. I’ve come across a few issues with my scenes in the form of wishy-washy scene goals. Up until this week it wasn’t noticeable. That was until I started working on the Character pass. It would have been okay; the characters all have scene goals in there, somewhere, and the story still flows and entertains.
It didn’t become a real problem in my eyes until Monday when I was nearing the end of a novel by one of my fave authors. There were several issues in the book, but the one that stood out–because I was dealing with it myself–was that the characters just seemed to go along with the story to get to the overall story goal. It didn’t engage me the way that that author normally does. The problem? The characters didn’t have any concrete scene goals.
Looking at my big stack of index cards with lots of weak-ish scene goals wasn’t too daunting. Yet, I couldn’t get myself to focus. At all. Day after day, my progress slowed to a snail’s pace. Something was wrong.
After a quick look through my planner (I’m a planner geek), I realised that I hadn’t had a day off since 11th June. I promptly freaked out at the thought of taking a day off, until I remembered that Jez was off work for a couple of weeks. So, I’ve decided to take a week or so off to give my inner chimp (Neenee) some downtime, and me some time to unwind and refill the creative well–movies, Halo, and some baking.
Which brings me to the wee bit on Genre Scribes. I’m going to take a break from Genre Scribes until October. Once I get back into Working the Asset, I really want to focus solely on that.
For now, I’m off to make some wheat-free, sugar-free, dairy-free cookies. 🤤
Thanks for reading, stay safe, stay awesome!
Genre Scribes: Friday Fiction Writing Challenge #51 — Torch
Caleb whipped his head around, panic in his eyes. “I can’t make her talk if she doesn’t know anything.”
Sébastien smiled. “I can make her talk.”
Caleb backed away, relief radiating off his muscular frame.
Sébastien pulled up a swivel chair and parked it opposite Emma. “We both know you’re lying, and we both know that physical threats mean nothing to you. So, let’s play a game of who’s more important to you than Kelvin Maxwell.”
Welcome to post #51 of the Friday Fiction Writing Challenge! Here’s a complete list of all the posts so far. Feel free to join in.
Here’s another installment of Amy and Kelvin’s story. Visit their page for all of their posts.
This week’s random word is: Torch
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Genre Scribes: Friday Fiction Writing Challenge #50 — Banquet
The truth was he didn’t know if anything was wrong. His instincts had let him down ever since he’d gone undercover in the Consortium. Sébastien’s duplicity had gone undetected by Kelvin’s notoriously infallible instincts for more than a year. “Probably nothing.”
Welcome to post #50 of the Friday Fiction Writing Challenge! Here’s a complete list of all the posts so far. Feel free to join in.
Here’s another installment of Amy and Kelvin’s story. Visit their page for all of their posts.
This week’s random word is: Banquet
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Genre Scribes: Friday Fiction Writing Challenge #49 — Paper
He checked his weapon over and didn’t fail to notice Amy was packing a Barreta. His Amy really was capable. Though, she wasn’t his anything. She was a distraction from his mission. A temptation to walk away from it.
Welcome to post #49 of the Friday Fiction Writing Challenge! Here’s a complete list of all the posts so far. Feel free to join in.
Here’s another installment of Amy and Kelvin’s story. Visit their page for all of their posts.
This week’s random word is: Paper
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Genre Scribes #48 — Path
Harvey pulled the cover back across but paused before closing her into the darkness once more. “You did good.”
Welcome to #48 of the Friday Fiction Writing Challenge! Here’s a complete list of all the posts so far. Feel free to join in.
It’s been a busy (and fun) fortnight–working flat out on Working the Asset–but I’m so happy to have a wee break so I can catch up with Amy and Kelvin.
This week’s random word is: Path
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Genre Scribes #47 — Title
Harvey looped his arms under Kelvin’s. “Take a leg each, and be ready, he’s going to be a dead weight.”
Amy shot him a look. “He’s still breathing.”
“Not if you don’t hurry up,” Harvey muttered.
Amy shot him a look. “He’s still breathing.”
“Not if you don’t hurry up,” Harvey muttered.
Welcome to #47 of the Friday Fiction Writing Challenge! Here’s a complete list of all the posts so far. Feel free to join in.
Guess what? It’s Genre Scribes’s 1st anniversary! Fifty-two weeks ago today, I gathered up all my courage and posted my first response of the challenge.
I started Genre Scribes as a way to show potential readers my style, and to force myself to post regularly and consistently—I’ve had multiple blogs over the last fifteen years and never got beyond ten posts on any of them.
Over the weeks, other writers have joined in and graciously shared their work. One of the challenge’s unforeseen benefits has been to introduce me to Chris Hall, a wonderful writer whose responses to each prompt are magickal. So, when you’ve finished reading this post, go have a read of Alys and Sparky’s adventures over on luna’s on line.
I don’t think I’d have managed to keep the momentum going if I hadn’t found Amy and Kelvin. Their story has captured me to the point that I can’t stop until I hit THE END.
With that in mind, let’s get back to Amy and Kelvin.
This week’s random word is: Title
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Genre Scribes #46 — Eagle
“Oh, yeah, great adventure. I love having my plane shot down, getting chased halfway down a frozen mountain, and being terrified most of the time.”
Welcome to #46 of the Friday Saturday Fiction Writing Challenge! Here’s a complete list of all the posts so far. Feel free to join in.
As much as I’m enjoying having a wee bit extra breathing space by doing the challenge fortnightly, I’m really missing working on Amy and Kelvin’s story. Even though Kelvin and Amy’s efforts are critical to the events in Working the Asset, it’s not the same as trekking through the snow with them.
With that in mind, here’s the next installment of Amy and Kelvin’s story. Visit their page for all of their posts.
This week’s random word is: Eagle
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