Part 1 - How to automate your writing, How to tackle the overwhelming prospect of a novel, Genre expectations and the rabbit hole of niche genres, and the self-publishing debate of Wide vs. KDP. Part 2 - Scene 3 of Tomorrow City, Hero meets the Villain, and How long should a scene be?

Part 1 - New Year's Goals, Health and Writing, Writing and Drinking, Getting your shit together enough to write consistently. Part 2 - Discussing the arc of my first chapter, what I've learned about scenes and hooks, and how I'm trying to hit all the right frequencies with my first chapter.

Exciting news for 2020! The new Patreon page, the First 1,000 words of my novel's rough draft, and a breakdown of Michael J. Sullivan's "Theft of Swords."

New chapters every week, Patreon, Websites, and a new format for the show... Big Changes coming in 2020! I talk about my ideas for revamping the podcast, and John Truby's golden nuggets of wisdom regarding Narrative Drive, and how to write a fantasy series that readers will love.

Today I'm doing a detailed breakdown of the first chapter of "The Call of the Wild." If you're trying to start your story with a bang, then this episode is for you. Here is the brilliant line that kicks off the adventure: "Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing..."

3 Amazing Author Quotes, "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield, Hunter S. Thompson and Gonzo Journalism, Meta-Weirdness (when authors insert themselves as a character in their own book), and my 2020 New Year's Resolution to write my novel online, sharing the rough draft on my blog, one chapter per week.

First I'm reading and breaking down two poems from Gary Snyder's collection "Riprap." And later I'm confessing my writing struggles and my plans to get more productive.

Today I'm reading a bit from "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" by Haruki Murakami, then I'm breaking down his strengths and weaknesses, and how even a literary genius like Murakami does a good marketing job of "staying on brand."

Reading from two of my favorites today, "Desolation Angels" and "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." It's Wednesday morning. I've got coffee. I've got books. I've got musings.

I had to turn inward to find inspiration to jumpstart my novel again. Today I'm talking about my messy writing process and how to find the story that you really want to tell. (Which is actually the only story that you CAN tell!)