AAR
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After Action Review on Scintilla's First Draft
Ben Wilson offers his retrospective on writing and publishing his first finished novel--Scintilla.
Amazon
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Amazon Defines Novel Length
Amazon customers represent a market force we as authors should listen to. And they are talking about the modern length of a novel.
Audible
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Years of Audible, 2017-19
What have I been listening to over in the 3 years since I last shared my audiobook list?
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A Year of Audible, 2016
Closing out a third year of Audible listening, my year was focused on history.
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A Year of Audible, 2015
With another year in the bag, I wanted to share some of my Audible listening for 2015.
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A Year of Audible, 2014
I'd like to share what I've learned from a year of using Audible.
Authoring Business
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Cleaning my Closet
As I integrate my writing and its supporting business in GitHub, I am dumping what is in my head into the platform.
Bad Advice
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How to Beat Stress
This goes to RSS Feed & Frontpage
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A Decade of Decadent Shaving
I've used a safety razor for a decade, with some pleasant results.
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Dictate Your Book
A nickle's worth of free advice on how to dictate your book using Dragon NaturallySpeaking or Dragon Dictate.
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Quiet Rituals of a Negligibly Successful Writer
After recently reading an article of rituals of successful people, I wanted to share some thoughts on how those rituals apply to me.
Beetle
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Memories of a VW Bug Roadtrip
I always wanted my first car to be a Bug. I eventually owned two. This is a story of one road trip.
Brin
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Fragile Societies, Resilient Citizens
Here are my notes from a recent David Brin lecture I had the pleasure of listening to.
Christmas
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The Truth About the Elf on the Shelf
Forget what you thought you knew about Santa Claus. He's real.
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Truth About Santa Claus
Forget what you thought you knew about Santa Claus. He's real.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
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Dictate Your Book
A nickle's worth of free advice on how to dictate your book using Dragon NaturallySpeaking or Dragon Dictate.
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Here Be Dragons, Dictating
With this being National Disability Awareness Month, I wanted to chat about how I used Dragon with a plot problem.
Forbearance
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Murder on Gunio Prime
On the live-fire training planet of Gunio, Keius Minjen witnesses the murder of his friend. Prelude to the Forebearance Series.
GitHub as an Author
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Cleaning my Closet
As I integrate my writing and its supporting business in GitHub, I am dumping what is in my head into the platform.
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Writing on Github: Organizing the Book
GitHub best practices work perfectly for organizing a novel.
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Introducing Korektu
Korektu helps #self-published #authors with howto get reader feedback into private #GitHub repo issues.
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Writing on Github: Organizing the Series
As a developer, I find using Github as a writer soothing. Here are a few tips I've picked up.
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Unsharpening the Axe
Ben shares his semi-reluctant return to his Bookmaker toolchain now called 'Verku'
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Automating Scrivener: Wordcount Log
While shifting to Scrivener, I share how I automatically update my word count log out of Scrivener.
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GitHub to Work with Your Beta Readers
One advantage of using GitHub is the ability to collaborate with your beta readers.
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Automating Scrivener: GitHub Commit
Authors have a chance to automatically archive their Scrivener files using GitHub with this simple script.
Goals
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Silence is for the Lambs
Silence is not golden, but it is of the lambs. With a couple years of relative silence, I'm in motion again.
Habits
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Cleaning my Closet
As I integrate my writing and its supporting business in GitHub, I am dumping what is in my head into the platform.
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Quiet Rituals of a Negligibly Successful Writer
After recently reading an article of rituals of successful people, I wanted to share some thoughts on how those rituals apply to me.
Holiday
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The Truth About the Elf on the Shelf
Forget what you thought you knew about Santa Claus. He's real.
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Must Barney Die? A Legal Opinion
Have you ever had a time when you wanted to just snap from the stress? I have. And I did. What I did next was fun.
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Truth About Santa Claus
Forget what you thought you knew about Santa Claus. He's real.
Humor
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Finding Inspiration
How choosey should you be when picking a role-model?
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The Truth About the Elf on the Shelf
Forget what you thought you knew about Santa Claus. He's real.
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Must Barney Die? A Legal Opinion
Have you ever had a time when you wanted to just snap from the stress? I have. And I did. What I did next was fun.
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Truth About Santa Claus
Forget what you thought you knew about Santa Claus. He's real.
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39 Cents a Day
Thirty-nine cents is all it takes to meet the basic needs of these poor villagers.
Jekyll
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Introducing Korektu
Korektu helps #self-published #authors with howto get reader feedback into private #GitHub repo issues.
LaTeX
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Unsharpening the Axe
Ben shares his semi-reluctant return to his Bookmaker toolchain now called 'Verku'
Life Hacks
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A Decade of Decadent Shaving
I've used a safety razor for a decade, with some pleasant results.
Listening Experience
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Years of Audible, 2017-19
What have I been listening to over in the 3 years since I last shared my audiobook list?
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A Year of Audible, 2016
Closing out a third year of Audible listening, my year was focused on history.
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A Year of Audible, 2015
With another year in the bag, I wanted to share some of my Audible listening for 2015.
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A Year of Audible, 2014
I'd like to share what I've learned from a year of using Audible.
Markdown
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Unsharpening the Axe
Ben shares his semi-reluctant return to his Bookmaker toolchain now called 'Verku'
NaNoWriMo
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Writing on Github: Organizing the Book
GitHub best practices work perfectly for organizing a novel.
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Here Be Dragons, Dictating
With this being National Disability Awareness Month, I wanted to chat about how I used Dragon with a plot problem.
National Disability Awareness Month
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Here Be Dragons, Dictating
With this being National Disability Awareness Month, I wanted to chat about how I used Dragon with a plot problem.
Naughty
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Truth About Santa Claus
Forget what you thought you knew about Santa Claus. He's real.
Ombrio
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Building a Brave New World
I'd like to share with you a curious approach to world-building geography.
Plot Analysis
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Skyfall Plot Analysis
Ben Wilson shows how understanding story structure helps enjoy a movie like Skyfall that much more.
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It's Not Really Three Acts
Ben Wilson describes why it's a four-act structure.
Postal Marines Series
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Jonaldy Ammonett
As I am editing Luctation, I wanted to chat a bit about the main character: Jonaldy Ammonett. He starts lowly and insecure, but we see eventually that he rises to be a real power in and of himself.
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The Maltuŝeblon Directive
In Bellicose you meet Admiral Bence, an individual who seems completely out of his element. That's because he is not an admiral, but a member of the Maltuŝeblon.
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Inspiration for the Postal Marines
It's time to share some backstory on how Danel Bophendze was able to join the Postal Marines at sixteen.
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Finished Bellicose Draft
I finished the Bellicose revision. Moving forward.
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Work in Progress: Bellicose
Ben Wilson is glad that Bellicose is in pre-production.
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When Friends Take a Turn for the Worse
Ben Wilson describes a shady deal.
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A Little About the Core Series
Not that anybody's reading at this point, but I wanted to give a bit of news about progress in writing the novel Scintilla.
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After Action Review on Scintilla's First Draft
Ben Wilson offers his retrospective on writing and publishing his first finished novel--Scintilla.
Publishing
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Writing on Github: Organizing the Book
GitHub best practices work perfectly for organizing a novel.
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Introducing Korektu
Korektu helps #self-published #authors with howto get reader feedback into private #GitHub repo issues.
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Writing on Github: Organizing the Series
As a developer, I find using Github as a writer soothing. Here are a few tips I've picked up.
Resiliency
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Fragile Societies, Resilient Citizens
Here are my notes from a recent David Brin lecture I had the pleasure of listening to.
Retrospective
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Silence is for the Lambs
Silence is not golden, but it is of the lambs. With a couple years of relative silence, I'm in motion again.
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Years of Audible, 2017-19
What have I been listening to over in the 3 years since I last shared my audiobook list?
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A Year of Audible, 2016
Closing out a third year of Audible listening, my year was focused on history.
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A Year of Audible, 2015
With another year in the bag, I wanted to share some of my Audible listening for 2015.
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Spock!
There's a lot of mourning on the Internet over the loss of Nimoy. I wanted to add my thanks.
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A Year of Audible, 2014
I'd like to share what I've learned from a year of using Audible.
Review
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Analyzing Spectre
As we saw in Skyfall, in Spectre we see sophisticated storytelling with a clear moral theme.
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Review: Guide to Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction
After reading Guide to Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction, I thought it was worth a review.
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Skyfall Plot Analysis
Ben Wilson shows how understanding story structure helps enjoy a movie like Skyfall that much more.
Scrivener
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Unsharpening the Axe
Ben shares his semi-reluctant return to his Bookmaker toolchain now called 'Verku'
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Automating Scrivener: Wordcount Log
While shifting to Scrivener, I share how I automatically update my word count log out of Scrivener.
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GitHub to Work with Your Beta Readers
One advantage of using GitHub is the ability to collaborate with your beta readers.
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Automating Scrivener: GitHub Commit
Authors have a chance to automatically archive their Scrivener files using GitHub with this simple script.
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Going Back to Scrivener
Ben, the eternal tool geek, is turning back toward Scrivener for novel writing. Could this be the last change?
Shared World
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A Little Worldbuilding
While trying to work back into the Postal Marine series, Ben takes a turn at worldbuilding.
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Building a Brave New World
I'd like to share with you a curious approach to world-building geography.
Technique
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Eight-Pointed Snowflake
Summary for RSS Feed
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Heroes for More than One Season
Ben Wilson explains why authors should plan to write series, and suggests that Snowflake Method will help.
Toolchain
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A Little Worldbuilding
While trying to work back into the Postal Marine series, Ben takes a turn at worldbuilding.
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Unsharpening the Axe
Ben shares his semi-reluctant return to his Bookmaker toolchain now called 'Verku'
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Going Back to Scrivener
Ben, the eternal tool geek, is turning back toward Scrivener for novel writing. Could this be the last change?
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Quiet Rituals of a Negligibly Successful Writer
After recently reading an article of rituals of successful people, I wanted to share some thoughts on how those rituals apply to me.
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Here Be Dragons, Dictating
With this being National Disability Awareness Month, I wanted to chat about how I used Dragon with a plot problem.
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My Toolchain Using Bookmaker
Ben Wilson, author, discusses how he writes, edits and publishes a novel.
Truth
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The Truth About the Elf on the Shelf
Forget what you thought you knew about Santa Claus. He's real.
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Truth About Santa Claus
Forget what you thought you knew about Santa Claus. He's real.
Website
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Strange Things Afoot
Given a choice between writing and updating the webiste, the website won.
Worldbuilding
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A Little Worldbuilding
While trying to work back into the Postal Marine series, Ben takes a turn at worldbuilding.
Writing
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Cleaning my Closet
As I integrate my writing and its supporting business in GitHub, I am dumping what is in my head into the platform.
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A Little Worldbuilding
While trying to work back into the Postal Marine series, Ben takes a turn at worldbuilding.
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Heroes for More than One Season
Ben Wilson explains why authors should plan to write series, and suggests that Snowflake Method will help.
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When Friends Take a Turn for the Worse
Ben Wilson describes a shady deal.
Writing Progress
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Silence is for the Lambs
Silence is not golden, but it is of the lambs. With a couple years of relative silence, I'm in motion again.
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Jonaldy Ammonett
As I am editing Luctation, I wanted to chat a bit about the main character: Jonaldy Ammonett. He starts lowly and insecure, but we see eventually that he rises to be a real power in and of himself.
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Breaking the Silence
After a few hard months, I'm back in business.
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Finished Bellicose Draft
I finished the Bellicose revision. Moving forward.
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Work in Progress: Bellicose
Ben Wilson is glad that Bellicose is in pre-production.
goals
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Machines Like Us
Computers will soon become more intelligent than us. Some of the best brains in Silicon Valley are now trying to work out what happens next.