Everyone knows that endings are important in stories; this fact isn’t new. What kind of ending can make or break a series; and when it breaks, well. There’s a reason we have the saying ‘jumping the shark’. Not all endings will satisfy everyone, but neither will all stories: a person’s individual taste doesn’t necessarily meanContinue reading “On endings and their weave”
Author Archives: purplejabberwock
On mediums and The Novel
With her permission, I’m using my coauthor as an example today. So, my coauthor is a phenomenal writer. When she’s writing at her best, she has such emotion and humour, and has techniques I honestly love to emulate. The thing is that when she’s writing at her best, she isn’t writing novels. She’s roleplaying. WeContinue reading “On mediums and The Novel”
On disruptions to my digital environment
This week was a crapshoot. Not even totally for the obvious reasons — though the terrorist attack didn’t help — but because of the cumulative effect of some things both predicable and not. On the predictable side, a friend went into the hospital for some non-major surgery, so I was driving back and forth aContinue reading “On disruptions to my digital environment”
Happy New Year
I was very busy yesterday spending digital time with my heartfriends, and forgot that it was (for me) Friday. Didn’t prepare anything in particular, don’t have much to say. This year’s going to be rough, as things are when you’re still crawling, but it will be better than the last if only because now weContinue reading “Happy New Year”
On the world as villain
There’s two kinds of hopeful stories. One with the world as the villain, and one with the world as a victim. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. I keep running up against well-written media, often recommended to me by friends, which should appeal and instead leaves me feeling drained. And I’m very emotionallyContinue reading “On the world as villain”
On word counts as a writing tool
Last year — 2019 — I wrote over a half-million words for the year on novelised fiction. It was the first time I’d recorded doing that. If I’d been counting all the words written while roleplaying casually and discussing story and plots with my co-author, it would’ve been a lot more than my eventual countContinue reading “On word counts as a writing tool”
Book Release: Breath & Name
Finally, the fourth book in Broadsides has been released! Breath & Name has hit the digital shelves on Amazon, with discounts on the rest of the series. Yes, this release was delayed. Originally it was supposed to have come out shortly after the US election, which I thought was possible only because I expected toContinue reading “Book Release: Breath & Name”
On nurturing creativity with silence
“I don’t want to be the person who always talks about writing and never does.” Be honest. How often do you talk about something, probably fun or exciting, something you genuinely want to do, genuinely mean to do, which then doesn’t happen? If you’re a writer especially, probably a lot. See, writers talk a lot.Continue reading “On nurturing creativity with silence”
On having nothing to say
Or, as I said to my friends, ‘haha brain poop’. This week is a week when my intake valves are set firmly on ‘omnom’ cycles: feeding on creative fiction rather than output it. The fact it’s felt good as well as indulgent probably says something … Anyway, Book 4 of Broadsides is coming along, finally,Continue reading “On having nothing to say”
On frontloading editing
Slightly late post this week. A friend gifted me with the Destiny 2: Beyond Light legendary edition and suffice to say we were ever so slightly distracted. It’s proven a decent incentive though, because this week I’ve been focusing on finishing out the first edits for the fourth book of Broadsides, and my greatest regretContinue reading “On frontloading editing”
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