process

Starting a Novel without a Title (but with a Cover)

I usually start a novel with at least a working title. Not this time. However, I am starting with a working cover design.
This is in preparation for my next novel-writing month, which is February—FebNoWriMo?—part of my New Year’s resolution to publish 4 original books during the next year.
You can see a cover template over at [...]

Agile Storytelling

I generally write a story using a process similar to Randy Ingermanson’s “Snowflake” method, but I don’t think of my process as resembling anything like a snowflake. Randy is a physicist, as I understand, so maybe that explains his choice of metaphor. I, on the other hand, come from the sordid world of software development. [...]