Book idea seven and by now the main thing I know is I’ve got to be more selective about which ideas I let live. This one’s old. Some parts of it are super old. And it’s mainly here because it’s got 20k words on it, which is too much to ignore. Or is it? Let’s […]

Book idea six. This is the first one I’m talking about that has a continuity and close shared setting with other ideas. That in itself is a good thing and a bad thing. Something I am a fan of is creating settings that can accomodate many stories. I haven’t really talked about as, despite liking […]

Book idea five and this one is brand new. Like, had the idea and kicked it around with a friend about a week ago, and have been sitting on it wondering if it’s got enough. I’m not entirely sure why it sprang to mind, but I think I was thinking about Pratchett’s Thief of Time […]

Book idea four. Once again I’m going back to the old ideas, although this one recently got a fairly major bit of attention. There’s a big spreadsheet and all. Anyway, I think I’ve worked out that checklist I was talking about, after realising I should keep it simple. Here goes: Are the Character’s Voices Interesting […]

Book idea three and time for one of my oldest ones. I think there was about 38k words on this at one point before I lost about half of them. I’m wondering if this will show at all. I’m slowly working my way up to a checklist of what an enticing project should look like, […]

Book idea two. I’ve had this one for a while but it stalled after a hot start. It’s refused to go away, which might be a good thing, but we’ll see better whether it should hang around after this. Part of what I should be building as part of this process is a mental check […]

The Chosen One is one of the most famous archetypes in fantasy, among those who enjoy it and those who don’t. It is sometimes seen as a wish fulfilment plot, with some justification. In it an usually ordinary person is plucked from obscurity to experience power and prestige unlike any other; how is that not […]

Hi all. This post is mainly for me. But it is in my public space, so it’s for you too. The point of this post (and probably many like it) is for me to go through the many book ideas I have and see which ones are worth me focusing on. For those of you […]

Something I’m currently thinking of a novella idea is how to show a crew being assembled. We all know how it looks like – just think heist movies – but how is it done well? And how do crews work well throughout the stories? Particularly in book form? Well, I don’t have an answer to […]