by Eliza | Oct 22, 2020 | Book Blog, Leslie Kim Serials, Science Fiction, Writing
The other day, I was watching Spaceballs with my husband. In the scene where Lone Starr and Barf are introduced, they show Lone Starr’s ship, Eagle 5, which is an old motor home with wings. You can witness this thing of beauty here, if you haven’t seen the...
by Eliza | Oct 21, 2020 | Author Life, Publishing, Writing
Naming Your eBook One very challenging piece of self publishing is choosing a name. Everyone says that you want it to be relevant to the book, something that gives you a clue about what happens in the book, and you want it to be memorable. I tried to do that with...
by Eliza | Oct 19, 2020 | Publishing, Writing
This post is a repost from Filles Vertes Publishing, posted with permission here. This post was originally written by me and posted on their platform. A Small Press May Not be Right for You If… Perhaps you are considering submitting to a small press publisher. You can...
by Eliza | Oct 18, 2020 | Nanowrimo, Writing
Worldbuilding A few days ago, I posted a worksheet on Character. I wanted to give another quick worksheet on Worldbuilding. These are super simple worksheets that you can use as a brainstorming activity. Or print them out and keep them in a binder with all the other...
by Eliza | Oct 17, 2020 | Book Blog, Nanowrimo, Writing
My Year of Writing Starting in Nanowrimo 2016 until June 2017, I wrote just over 243,000 words, give or take.Nanowrimo 2017 I wanted to share with you about some of my Manuscripts that I’ve completed but haven’t done anything with them. One of them was poorly received...
by Eliza | Oct 15, 2020 | Science Fiction, Writing
How The Boys and Game of Thrones Get Away With Gore How to Write Violent Sci-Fi Without Reader Backlash While the popularity of brilliant and hyper violent works like Amazon’s The Boys and HBO’s Game of Thrones rule the big screen, some science fiction and fantasy...
