Category Archives: Writing Tips

Writing tips I’ve learned from experience, books, other writers, etc., that may benefit others and that I don’t want to forget.

Analyzing The Stainless Steel Rat – Part 3

Posted on October 18, 2010 by mike

My analysis of character development in Harry Harrison’s novel The Stainless Steel Rat. Continue reading →

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Analyzing Harry Harrison’s “The Stainless Steel Rat” – Part 2

Posted on October 11, 2010 by mike

Part one of this series looked at Harry Harrison’s The Stainless Steel Rat from a purely statistical viewpoint, examining chapter length, sentence length, and various readability indexes. This installment will take a look at the craft used by Harrison to … Continue reading →

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Analyzing Harry Harrison’s “The Stainless Steel Rat” – Part 1

Posted on October 10, 2010 by mike

Analysis of Harry Harrison’s The Stainless Steel Rat from a statistical point of view, looking at readability measures, sentence length, etc. Continue reading →

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Notes from Stackpole’s “Writing in the Post-Paper Era”

Posted on September 3, 2010 by mike

My notes from bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole’s “Writing in the Post Paper Era” seminar at Gen Con 2010. Continue reading →

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Notes on Creating Conflict in a Novel

Posted on September 3, 2010 by mike

Notes from a Gen Con 2010 writing seminar on creating conflict in a novel. Continue reading →

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Writing Advice from Bestselling Author Michael A. Stackpole

Posted on July 5, 2010 by mike

Notes from the Origins 2010 seminars by Michael A. Stackpole on writing series fiction. Continue reading →

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Writing Advice from Bestselling Author Aaron Allston

Posted on July 5, 2010 by mike

While at the Origins 2010 game fair, I had the opportunity to attend some writing seminars by New York Times bestselling author Aaron Allston. Mr. Allston has published many novels, including a variety of novels for the Star Wars and … Continue reading →

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Michael A. Stackpole’s “The Rules of Writing” Seminar

Posted on July 3, 2009 by mike

Notes from bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole’s “The Rules of Writing” Seminar at the Origins Game fair in 2009. Continue reading →

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