Jackie Moore Have you worked as an attorney? Teacher? Police officer? Been in the military? Then you have intimate knowledge of the inner workings of these areas to make your book and the main character realistic. A person shouldn’t write about a main character who is a pilot if he/she doesn’t have personal knowledge of…
Klaus Dannenberg The Robson Ranch library in Denton hosted an afternoon discussion of “Getting Started as an Author,” led by members of the local Writers’ Guild. On May 9, Jan Marx, Mary Jo Belding, Carl Smothers and Jackie Moore, four of Denton’s published fiction authors, shared their very individual approaches to getting started and making…
Jan Marx As visitors walk down the long hallway of the Creative Arts and Technology Center they see display windows belonging to the rooms they front. Many kinds of crafts and arts shown are made by members of various clubs that meet in the building. The Spotlight Window is an exception. Each month the exhibition…
The Entity had waited for one thousand years to complete its mission. Now it was in danger. Her solitude and isolation wereviolently disrupted by intruders who were intent on mining MP-1 for profit and power. Communications with the mining operations on MP-1 ceased. Government officials on Terra, concerned about their people and the loss of…
Jan Marx This article has been “percolating” in my head for several months. When I wrote it down there was a problem. At the end, over 500 words had spilled onto the page. Trimming the verbiage was time consuming and stressful. There’s always a deadline looming. After the third edit an executive decision to delete…
Carl Smothers Have you got a story to tell? I have wanted to write a book since I was 12 but didn’t know how to get started. Then I was too busy with my career. When I retired the time to do it was finally here. Here’s how to get started. Story Concept. When you…
Jackie Moore Do you want to download an ebook to your iPad, iPhone, computer or laptop but just don’t know how to do it? Many people at Robson don’t. Here’s how. Check the device you want to read the book on for the Kindle icon (it’s blue with a person sitting under a tree reading…
Jackie Moore Using your personal experience to write lends authenticity to your work and lets people identify with that experience in a unique way. Have you experienced something unusual? Suffered a trauma? Write about it in a memoir, non-fiction book or fiction book so others can learn from your experience! My novel, A Diplomatic Death by…
Carl Smothers When I discuss writing with people I often hear the same story, “I’d like to write, but I don’t know where to start.” My response is simple: writing is a craft that can be learned. Yes, there is a lot to learn, but many tools are available to help you. First build your…
Carl Smothers Science and technology combined with my experience in research and development of state-of-the-art weapon systems is the basis of the science fiction novels I write. I enjoy using this knowledge and my overactive imagination to create exciting stories set in high tech worlds with suspenseful, action-filled plots embellished with unexpected twists and turns.…