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Critique Technique, Part 13: Timing the Reveal

...nd I had to decide when and how to reveal why she makes it. But there were complicating factors I had to consider. (There always are, aren’t there?) At the time she made the decision, would she have a clearly-formed understanding of why she was making it? Events outside her knowledge or control might make her change her mind or her motivations. Her initial reasons for making the decision might be wrong. She might learn things about herself she did...Read More

Critique Technique, Part 7: Scene and Chapter Endings

...the protagonist: one step forward makes room for the two steps backward to come. If the scene’s protagonist is the story’s antagonist, or even a secondary character, letting him make progress toward his goals can be a direct or indirect way to make things worse for the story’s protagonist. Those are the requirements for the end of a scene. They’re the same for the end of a chapter, only more so. Cliffhangers are appropriate here, but not at the en...Read More

This Is Why

...orce Base, and we quickly became friends. He later left the Air Force to become an investigator for the agency that did background checks on people applying for or updating their security clearances. Pete only worked one day a week at his office in the Murrah Building. April 19th was that day. I didn’t know Cartney or LaKesha but both were junior Airmen assigned to Tinker. Both were at the Social Security office, LaKesha to get a Social Security c...Read More

The Sweet Trade, by Debrah Strait

...s, as they grow from pre-teens to men approaching thirty. Dirk is a well-rounded character, with loves and hates, vices and virtues, compassion and cruelty. He struggles to find and hold onto his better nature, sometimes succeeding, sometimes not. He’s a character we can care about, and do. Polished and professional, you’d never know this was Strait’s debut novel. It gives us plenty of reason to look forward to more from her. Highly recommended. L...Read More

Critique Technique, Part 31 — The Wrong Words

...o means to carry, to endure, or to uncover or be uncovered! YourDictionary.com has a short list of homonyms, but there are many others. Homophones are words that sound alike when spoken but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Some of the best known are to, too, and two; their, they’re, and there; and affect and effect. 7ESL.com has an illustrated list of over 300 homonyms and homophones. People who pun use homonyms and homophones...Read More

Published!

...viruses are still mutating. The paperback version is available from Amazon.com here for $12.99. The ebook is available for $3.99 from these sources: Amazon.com for the Kindle Diesel Ebooks Sony Reader Store Smashwords, all ebook formats except for the Kindle I’ll add links to more outlets as the book becomes available there. I expect that these will include the Apple iBook Store, Barnes & Noble (for the Nook), Kobo, Oyster Books (subscription serv...Read More

Critique Technique, Part 15: Unclear Character Goals

...Any road will get you there.” Or nowhere. Photo by hotblack via Morguefile.com But no journey worth taking is completed in one step. In order to reach their story goals, the protagonist, antagonist, and other major characters will all have to have intermediate goals. Even the secondary and minor characters will have some goal. Like climbing a staircase to reach the top of a building, each character has to climb the steps of his or her intermediate...Read More

Uncovering the Cover

...heir cover artist in the front matter of their e-books. Some people have recommended fiverr.com but that seems like a starving-artists hangout. This is too important to go cheap. So, that gets me a list to start from, but it’s not complete because often all I have is a name, not a web site–or blog, or Flickr page–address. So I have to look that up. Once I’ve got a place to look at, there’s the artist’s portfolio to look through. You’d think that w...Read More

Critique Technique, Part 59 — The End

...Not Endings can take many forms—happy or sad, satisfying or unsatisfying, completing or dangling—as the author chooses. There’s no single “right” kind of ending except the one that’s right (appropriate) for its story. A romance is likely to end up happy, satisfying, and complete—the lovers fall into each other’s arms and all is right in their world. At least for now. A tragedy can end up sad, dangling, and unsatisfying (yet perhaps in some strang...Read More

If Gene Therapy Could Save Your Life, Would You Take It?

...0% of his skin and was close to death. Photo by Andrianocz, via Dreamstime.com People with this condition have a mutation in one of three genes. The doctors identified which one was the problem for this child, took a section of good skin, and used a retrovirus to insert good copies of the bad gene into the skin cells. (No, retroviruses don’t wear leisure suits and enjoy disco music. They’re not that kind of “retro.”) The scientists grew patches of...Read More