And I’m back in the saddle again… Those of you who have been following my writing posts lately know that I had sort of a false start recently. Since I’m kind of between projects and waiting to hear from my publisher on one in particular, I decided to resurrect a…
Well, that was fast… Astute visitors to my website may have noticed a small change in the upper right corner. No, I’m not talking about the new MyBookProgress widget … well, actually I am talking about it, but the widget itself has been there for a few weeks now. No,…
This past Sunday evening, I dipped my toe back into the blogosphere (do they still call it that?) and asked some questions about what you’d want to see in my little corner of the internet. If you haven’t taken the time to share your opinion yet, please do so now!…
Okay, so break time is almost over for me. Kind of/sort of. I haven’t finished playing Dragon Age: Inquisition just yet, but I’m feeling the itch to do some more writing stuff. Actually, I haven’t exactly taken a break per se. A few weeks ago, I spotted a Kickstarter for…
So this past Monday morning, I posted kind of a cryptic announcement on my Facebook page: It was a late night last night, but it was worth it, for now, the time has come to kill some dragons.Let the reader understand. Posted by John W. Otte on Monday, August 17,…
My goodness, I kind of disappeared there, didn’t I? Last time I reported in, I said that I had hit a kind of milestone in my work-in-progress, the (still!) untitled first book in a science fiction trilogy that might be called “The Iron Staff Trilogy” (although truth be told, I’m…
Let me tell you a little story about brainstorming my current work-in-progress, Book #1 of the Iron Staff Trilogy.
Well, this was a bit of a stumble. Busy week, busy week. On Friday, I took a side-trip to write a blog article (namely this one, which I think a lot of you have already read). Then on Saturday, my congregation held a community cookout, which was a lot of…
So I tried something new with this book: That’s the corkboard in Scrivener for The Iron Staff Book 1. This is the first time I’ve written a complete book with that particular program. Or rather, it will be the first time I write a complete book using Scrivener. I probably…
Okay, it’s been a while. I’ve got no excuse. I’ve been a bit lazy. But it’s time to knuckle down. I need to focus. I need to land this thing. I’m talking about the first draft for The Iron Staff Book One (still looking for a title for this thing).…