The voice sounds right in the prologue, but once the action starts, it is purely descriptive. I felt bogged down, like I was making her the perfect character. I want her shy in public, but boisterous in private. In public, she is overwhelmed by the pressures of everyone’s expectations. In private, she has anchors in [...]
I felt good about this until I realized it was inner dialog, i.e., me talking…
“Hey doggie, what’s the matter? Dad drunk again? Or did your mother finally come home?” shouted the small gang of teenagers. They were lead by Bobby Teals, once we had been friends, then kindergarten arrived. He was a couple of months [...]
So, Sam wasn’t in the first sketch. I needed another character, a best friend. I thought about Clarissa Explains it All and her best friend Sam. I wanted to do the same thing, but flipping the gender of the characters.
I also decided that Sam would gain powers in the house, when she crossed a certain [...]
I just added the link for the Original Sketch of A wolf and his boy. I noticed a couple of things, first of all I first did it in 2000, which makes more sense. Back then it wouldn’t have been horror I was writing for my son, but mystery and adventure. I also want to [...]
Max - our hero, a werewolf puppy
Sam - his best friend and a budding witch
The new high school football coach - the arch enemy
Kids from our world gain powers as they got past the third level of Max’s house. Actually, the river that he wasn’t supposed to cross.
Here is the first story:
Sam goes on vacation [...]
I’ve got a short 2 pager from 3-4 years ago that sets up the backstory of a werewolf coming to age. It really started as something for my son and it was supposed to be about a magical house - one that would take you to hidden realms.
I was never able to push that along. [...]
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller produced two excellent examples of Serialized Science Fiction and look to turn a buck on it. A huge difference between them and myself is that they are scarred veterans of the publishing world. :->
Anyway, here are some links to the examples:
Fledgling …the story of Theo Waitley and how she came [...]
