ASSOCIATIONS, OBSESSIONS, and OBSERVATIONS It has been 72 days since I typed “The End” in my work-in-progress—RAGING TORRENT, the third novel in my UNDERCURRENT Series. I feel like it’s time to open it back up and see how time has treated the rough spots, how the bruises are healing, and how those pinholes in the … Continue reading Three Ways to Know When It’s Time to Revise Your Work-in-Progress
Prompt-Storming: How to Get the Creative Juices Flowing
While trying to come up with a topic to blog about, I started throwing ideas around in my head. I started thinking about “Five Ways to Describe Your Character,” or “Three Ways to Create Tension,” and then “Four Ways to Stimulate the Creative Juices.” I was throwing these titles around, and then it hit me—THAT … Continue reading Prompt-Storming: How to Get the Creative Juices Flowing
3 Reasons Building a Dome Over a City Is Not a Good Idea
The Domino Sugars sign in Baltimore, Maryland in the year 2136 (I hope). Currently being refitted with LED lighting instead of Neon, this is a true Baltimore icon. This really needs to be more prominent in the UNDERCURRENT series of books, I think. When I built the domes over Baltimore, I thought I was pretty … Continue reading 3 Reasons Building a Dome Over a City Is Not a Good Idea
How did they build the dome over Baltimore?
This post talks about the creation of the dome over the new city of Aquataine, preparing for the great floods. Specifically, it discusses how such a dome could be constructed over an existing city such as Baltimore.
4 Tips for Staying Focused on Writing
There are many strategies for staying focused on a writing project, but these are the 4 things that work for me. What keeps you on track? Comment with your suggestions. Maybe I'll learn something new!
Michael Crowl - Author 