Getting started a little early on the holiday gifts. We have arranged with ProgRock Records to offer free downloads of two complete Roswell Six music tracks, one from each Terra Incognita CD. "Victory" is from Terra Incognita: A Line in the Sand, an epic song with vocals by Michael Sadler (formerly of Saga) and excellent guitar work by Henning Pauly [lyrics by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta; music by Henning Pauly]. Download here. "I Am the Point" is from Terra Incognita: Beyond the Horizon, a powerful rocker with vocals by James LaBrie (Dream Theater) [lyrics by Kevin J. Anderson...
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The last entry in a series of eleven tips to help you get more time for writing, and to produce more writing when you do have time. Science fiction master Robert Heinlein proposed a set of rules for writers. His first two are “You must write” and “You must finish what you write.” Endless polishing and editing and revising and polishing again and then rewriting and then editing does not make a story perfect—it just makes a story endless. Remember Tip #5 posted a few days ago: It doesn’t have to be perfect, but it does have to be finished....
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Writing Productivity Tip #10—GET INSPIRED!
A series of eleven tips to help you get more time for writing, and to produce more writing when you do have time. Every creative writing teacher repeats the classic axiom, “Write about what you know.” Therefore, it stands to reason that the more you know, the more things you’ll be able to write about. Every experience, class, interesting acquaintance, or place you visit goes into your pantry of “ingredients” for new material. Part of your job as a writer is to collect these ingredients so that you can use them—by learning new subjects, doing new things, meeting new people,...
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Writing Productivity Tip #9—THINK OUTSIDE THE KEYBOARD
A series of eleven tips to help you get more time for writing, and to produce more writing when you do have time. After the previous tip, now that you’ve set up the perfect established writing spot, keep in mind that this is not the only way you can write. Your word processor isn’t the only tool you have. This technique is one of the most obvious and effective, though least-often attempted, means of increasing writing productivity. Think outside the keyboard. If you can learn different ways to write, with different tools—like a talented musician learning to play several instruments—you...
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