Kevin J. Anderson | November 30, 2010
A series of eleven tips to help you get more time for writing, and to produce more writing when you do have time. If you think you need large blocks of time to accomplish any writing, then you’re kidding yourself. One sentence at a time, one paragraph at a time, one page at a time. [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | November 29, 2010
A series of eleven tips to help you get more time for writing, and to produce more writing when you do have time. This tip comes from prolific and bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith, and the more I’ve pondered it, I’ve come to believe it’s one of the most important pieces of advice any struggling [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | November 29, 2010
Over the past months I’ve posted a handful of blogs specifically tailored for serious aspiring authors, including this current series on writing productivity. If you have enjoyed them and are ready for a full-blown “boot camp” of the things you need to know to be a career professional writer, consider attending the second Superstars Writing [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | November 28, 2010
A series of eleven tips to help you get more time for writing, and to produce more writing when you do have time. This one works best for people with ADD, or low boredom thresholds! (And it doesn’t work for everybody.) Each writing project has many phases: research, plotting, writing the first draft, doing the [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | November 27, 2010
A series of eleven tips to help you get more time for writing, and to produce more writing when you do have time. In any project, the most difficult word to type is often the first one. With a 500 page novel looming ahead of you, or even a 15-page short story, getting started can [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | November 26, 2010
The first of eleven tips to help you get more time for writing, and to produce more writing when you do have time. A writer’s Muse is supposed to be a delicate, ethereal woman with a gentle voice who drops hints and ideas that might eventually find their way into a story or a novel. [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | November 25, 2010
“I could be a successful writer, too, if only I had the time.” I can’t tell you how often I’ve heard aspiring writers bemoan their lack of time, their inability to get any writing done with distractions, with family and work obligations. Since it’s not likely anyone will give you any more time, in order [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | November 24, 2010
Due to a confluence of deadlines, I found myself finishing three novel manuscripts in two weeks—The Key to Creation for Orbit/Hachette (172,000 words), The Sisterhood of Dune, with Brian Herbert, for Tor (161,000 words), and the second YA space adventure Star Challengers with Rebecca Moesta, for Catalyst. Two solid weeks of 12-hour days, 7 days [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | November 23, 2010
Prominent Authors, Television Writers Offer Character Names, Book Group Packages To Raise Money For First Amendment Project in eBay Charity Auction http://3.ly/fapauction Auction Starts November 26 Rebecca and I are offering to name a character in our third “Star Challengers” novel, Asteroid Crisis, to the highest bidder in the auction for the First Amendment Project, [...]
Kevin J. Anderson | November 20, 2010
Friday, Rebecca and I had lunch at the Colorado Springs Challenger Center with “second-generation” astronaut and computer game pioneer Richard Garriott, as well as several representatives from the Austin (TX) school district. Richard has long been a supporter of the Challenger Learning Centers, and was one of the original designers. (He’s mentioned in the acknowledgments [...]
