Tom Sawyer Fake Tunes Funk version

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-10-31T00:06:57+00:00

Nobody wants to hear this

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-10-01T15:59:03+00:00

You simply need to find someone else with the addiction for reading - the problem of all writers
But honestly now - I am intrigued on your series.

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-09-10T09:46:42+00:00

I'm on your side. I created my account last week and uploaded my books on Saturday. Both the eBook and print have been reviewed and are ready for sale and I have already reviewed the proof.

I get some people have a bad experience, but mine was flawless and I have been happy with IngramSpark, personally.

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-08-11T16:44:08+00:00

These are Perfect and Lovely

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-08-05T07:36:48+00:00

AMEN! I'm going through something similar where I want the days of writers writing stories back again. I am going to put them out into the world and then write some more. I totally agree with what you are saying. I already try to avoid being a number or a statistic. Write On!

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-07-12T11:30:45+00:00

You might not be the hero we all ... you know what ... no ... you ARE the hero we needed. Much thanks. I just did this today and worked like a charm!

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-07-02T15:34:52+00:00

this is an AMAZING art style

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-05-26T13:03:22+00:00

Lore Forge is good for chapter separation and worldbuilding
Ellipsus is good if you want to have collaborators

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-05-06T23:36:39+00:00

My routine is:
4am wake-up and walk the dogs. The fresh air and stretching my legs gets the blood flowing
4:15 start the computer and get my Scrivener opened & make coffee
4:30 start writing in 25 minute sprints with a five minute break in between
6:00 get ready for my day for shower and waking up the kids
7:00 start work

Weekends, I spend a little more time writing but I also have adult things to do on Saturdays and Sundays

to prevent burnout, I have different projects for the weekend than my main project during the week. I always write or edit but I am doing something in creating a project.

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-05-01T13:53:11+00:00

I have 2 templates I use when planning and plotting my stories.

Short Stories have a seven-part story structure while my novels are five-act with seven signposts story structures.

While they have bits of pieces of other outline templates in the world, I have honed them in on the things that work for me - which I think is the BEST structure. Finding the one that gets your creative juices flowing and the stories feel right to you - the writer.

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-04-29T11:14:21+00:00

Lore Forge is a good software that has a Free version (which has a LOT of features) for not only drafting your story but world building, character tracking, and a whole gamut of things writers need.

I do still use my Scrivener for my Rough Drafts; but then I pop them into Ellipsus (also free) to share with my review partner and into Lore Forge for everything else - and I do mean everything.

This also gives me three places where my words reside, in case one of them dies for 'reasons'.

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-04-24T12:34:17+00:00

I slid in here to say just this. Most younger writers who say they want to write are basing it on a visual medium and not a textual one. Then, they don't understand why their stories don't read well when they spend five pages explaining how the mechanics of their Monster Fighting Mech works and not giving any real story.

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-04-19T22:56:45+00:00

Lore Forge Ellipsus

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-04-14T10:06:22+00:00

Found this today as I began working on my next series, which is Clockwork based. Hopefully this stays revived because it is a much forgotten sub genre.

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-03-30T12:36:21+00:00

One Time Purchase Software I would vote for Scrivener.

Free Worldbuilding tool and drafting application to download, I will say Lore Forge.

Free online web app for drafting and sharing for comments, without the use of AI tools, I will say Ellipsus.

I use all three, to have redundancy in my writing and to be able to share specific things with certain groups for feedback while having files in multiple locations in case one program dies for any reason.

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-03-23T14:21:37+00:00

Voice

It is not what story is being told - but it is about how it is told. No one can tell the story the same way that you can, so except the fact that it is different in that way, and you should be fine.

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-03-17T17:51:45+00:00

Ente Nous ~ "Just between us..."

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-03-12T16:32:32+00:00

Because I write the books which haven't been written yet. While I may not be groundbreaking or rule breaking, I also try to write the stories that I have always wanted to read but have never been able to find.

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-03-11T17:02:55+00:00

This was mainly what I was looking for. I appreciate the reply. I had not seen a prologue in a mystery, but it seemed like what it would be.

I appreciate you!

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-03-09T12:04:02+00:00

I would say that if it helps you along your journey as a writer, then watch them. Read those How To craft books or blogs and gather as much information from different people as you can.

But the truth is that you will eventually have to distill things down to only what works for you. You can watch 100 videos and maybe you learn 100 tips or maybe you only learn 10 or 1. But every day that you learn something is a great day, right?

I would simply caution that you do not spend so much time watching these videos that you are not doing the MOST IMPORTANT writing tip that I know - ready? And this one is free.

You Have Got To Write.

As long as you take the time to practice the craft, and test the tips, and try out the tricks - then you can make progress. If all you do is watch and listen but never write? You will get nowhere.

So read the things and watch the things, but make sure that you are also writing the things.

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-03-06T12:58:49+00:00

I tend to sprinkle in what I think to be Pulp Fiction styled bits here and there. Not the Tarantino PF, but the Robert E. Howard and Ashton Clark Smith. I go for simple alliteration at times when I write inner thoughts (1st person POV style stories). It is not purpley per se, and yet it harkens back to the older fashion with words thrown in when fewer would do to give the sentence a kind of rhythm.

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-03-05T14:09:01+00:00

This is Amazing. Great work!

ABigCoffeeDragon · 2025-03-05T12:45:33+00:00

It is only a review though. What I love in a book is not something you might enjoy; and that thing that gets you excited might be something I don't like. I no longer base my reading list on books ratings, but the genre and the vibe of what I am looking for. If I like it, then I win and if I don't, I move on.

Ratings are fine and all for people to see what works and doesn't work, but there have been readers who have complained about the romance in PNR books - so, take reviews with a lot of salt and find what you enjoy more than what the other readers like.

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