Month: August 2013
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Regency Graveyards, Pt1
Remember how I mentioned that I have a thirst for the unusual when it comes to the Regency period? As a result, I have been combing resources (online and elsewhere) for information about Regency graveyards. First note: if you want to do the same search, save yourself some aggravation, and use the search term “cemetery”…
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Some Recommended Reads
Okay, so I’m fresh out of monsters today – or monstrous research (don’t worry, I’ll have more soon.) So, thought I’d share some of the great reads I’ve been enjoying this summer. First up, Amanda Steven’s Graveyard Queen series. I started with The Kingdom. Second in the series, and my favorite even after reading the…
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Rewrites in 4 Easy Phases: Phase 4: Micro Assessment and Changes
We’ve made it. We’ve arrived at the final phase of the rewrite, and from here, you know you can succeed. (Um, is it just me, or have I really been that obsessed with plot structure that I think the 4 phases are also based on the four plot sections?) Well, good news is, we have…
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Stress Driving You Mad?: St. Luke’s Hospital
Bedlam, or Bethlem, Hospital has achieved such historic notoriety, certainly most of us have heard of it. Here it was that pauper lunatics were sent up until 1751. Now, the sad fact was that the 18th and early 19th centuries were not kind to lunatics. They were often treated little better than animals. If they…
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On Lady Luck’s Bad Side
Do you believe in a deity or force that somehow controls your luck and good fortune? Maybe whether good things come your way or not? I know I use and have heard terms like your guardian angel / deity of choice / Lady Luck / Good Fortune is looking out for you when good things…
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Rewrites in 4 Easy Phases: Phase 3: Implementation of Macro Changes
Hello, and welcome back. Hope you’re full of energy and enthusiasm, because today we look at Phase 3: Implementation of Macro Changes which is probably the hardest bit. Today we enter the real meat of rewrites. You know, the actual “rewriting” bit. Okay, so get ready. Get yourself psyched, remind yourself that you know what…
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Newgate: Clarifying the picture
Newgate Chapel. From my research and familiarity with the era, I know that Newgate was one of the most notorious of the prisons during the Regency Period. So, take a look at this etching, originally from The Microcosm of London. What do you think is happening? If you’re like me, you see that it looks…
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The Perfect Post About Rewrite Hell
Okay, so I totally didn’t write the post, but being stuck in rewrite hell myself currently, I had to share this post by Chuck Wendig. Hope you enjoy. Laser, Hacksaw, Spanner, Hammer: A Post About Editing
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Paranormal Randomness
So it’s Wyrd Wednesday, and seriously, I’m a bit tapped out for anything really interesting to share with you (still stuck in rewrite hell – and yes, it is that). Which of course makes me wish that there were such thing as a a magical rewrite fairy – like a fairy godmother, but able to…
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Rewrites in 4 Easy Phases: Phase 2: Macro Assessment and Changes
Herein we enter the phase of rewrites I never properly considered … and have had to do many, many more drafts of the zombie book than I should have. So hopefully you don’t have the same problems, I’m here to help. Phase 2 looks at the big issue changes and issues to address during the…