Keenan’s Musings
Decisions, decisions…
In my plotline, one of the characters travelling in a group gets separated from the rest and has to strike out on her own. So far, so good. When I first came up with my plotline, she got separated quite early on in the story. It provided me with two separate...
Ten chapters into a short story…
...and no end in sight. The Spicers story is so much fun, it's mutating into a novella. I've just completed chapter ten, and I have drafted chapters eleven to nineteen. I've drawn maps and made calculations about mileage for ox carts, have come up with some villains...
Aaarrgh, it’s gone!
I've misplaced my map. Aaaaaaaah ! I have a map of the places where my Spice Trader stories take place, where I note their route as they go along, and draw in places that are mentioned or referred to, alternative routes, and so on. Alright, there are so many scribbles...
Handwritten
I didn't have a working computer for three weeks. It was horrible. While I can easily live without facebook or google for a while, it deprived me of the ability to type. Why do I always have the best ideas when I'm not in front of a computer? Usually it's not a...
Writing playlist
Do you have a playlist especially for writing? I kinda do. Sometimes utter silence isn't motivating, so I have some tunes that make me go write. It changes from day to day, but I found I like tunes that have a steady rhythm to them, and lyrics that aren't too...
Magic is fun!
There's a lot to be read online and offline about the system of magic in world-building.Alright, maybe not that much, but all of it is very interesting to me. I like magic. Always did. When I was little I was always in awe of fairy godmothers and sourcerers who could...