I’m not gonna go as far as to say that first drafts can’t be good, but by definition, they’re your first effort. Trust me. You could do better. A few weeks ago I mentioned that I had completed the first draft of The Blood of Brothers. This is my longest novel yet, weighing in over […]
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Less than 11 hours left. All you need to do is head over to GoodReads and enter the free giveaway and you could be receiving a paperback copy of The Seventh Sons of Sycamore. Goodreads Book Giveaway The Seventh Sons of Sycamore by Domino Finn Giveaway ends September 04, 2014. See the giveaway details […]
Any day that I finish a first draft is a good day. The sequel to the Seventh Sons, which had a working title of the Moonwitch, but is now called the Blood of Brothers, is drafted, in all its 107,000 words of glory. Between this and the screaming baby, I think I’m gonna have a […]
Well, besides the long, successful career in publishing and television. And being the author of a pop culture book phenomenon and HBO series. Okay, really I’m just talking about the long books. His A Song of Ice and Fire series has ballooned into larger books, extra books (when one got too large), and a longer […]
Wanna win a paperback copy of the debut Shade City novel? The Dead Side Blues is a Los Angeles urban fantasy with a gritty edge. At times dark and irreverent, Shade City explores the fallout surrounding ghosts who return from the dead. Goodreads Book Giveaway Shade City by Domino Finn Giveaway ends August 22, 2014. […]
When I first outlined The Moonwitch, I thought the answer was 85,000 words. See the nifty bar graphic on the bottom there? Yup, that’s the one. I thought that would be a good first target, knowing that things would be off slightly. Shade City was planned to be 75-80k and clocked in at 88,000, so […]
I swear, I think every single novel has a different writing process. No matter how amazing my “new system” is, when it comes time to write the next book, I find myself doing something different. What hasn’t changed yet, and I don’t think ever will, is the 1/2 – 2/3 mark of the first draft. […]
Good. You came to the right place. The Seventh Sons of Sycamore is my debut supernatural mystery novel. It features an overworked homicide detective, a biker gang, werewolves, and a secret CDC conspiracy. It’s a full length novel (244 pages) and it is the first in its series, with a sequel due out this fall. […]
Just wanted to point out that both my books are available in Kindle Unlimited. The Seventh Sons of Sycamore is available in its original serial novel form. And my newest urban fantasy novel, Shade City, is enrolled as a stand-alone book. They’re both already getting some borrows and sales. Why don’t you sign up to […]
Writing is a job. Sure, it can be a hobby. It can be a calling. But if you want to make an income writing full-time, it needs to be treated as work. Starting with my Butt In Chair call to action, I really pushed myself this week to be a tough boss. 2,500 words a […]
