As pop culture consumers we are accustomed to the movie teaser trailer, and video book trailers have become increasingly popular. Trailers give the potential customer a sense of what the story will be about. It seems almost natural then to create a prose trailer for a prose audience in the form of a screenplay. As […]
After anticipating putting the pen down on the manuscript several times earlier this year, a few brainstorms ensued during edits. Rewrites happened. Finally the Pen Down moment arrived in the wee hours of last weekend, and the book is done. The rewrites were small, but they were all significant. For instance, the opening scene jumps […]
Last week I joined Mike Rondeau and Joao Stinson of The Cantina Cast to discuss the end of The Clone Wars, the great existing Star Wars female characters like Leia, Padmé, and Ahsoka, and the potential for a leading lady in the upcoming Sequel Trilogy. More and more I am meeting male fans who are […]
I thought I’d take a minute to update everyone on the status of my novel Wynde. Despite George Lucas’ best efforts to distract me – retiring and selling Star Wars in the middle of my sprint? – I’ve kept up a consistent writing pace. While screenwriting isn’t the same as novel writing, many of the […]
We have a yearly tradition, dating back to the early TFN fanfic days, where I offered a treat to the faithful readers of my stories on Thanksgiving. (Those readers eventually formed the core unit of the Lomin Ale Cantina, where we discuss all things Star Wars and pop culture.) While I was reviewing Wynde I […]
Watching Brave in the movie theater, I tried to keep a blogger’s keen eye on the story. At one point, though, I became totally captivated, lost in the moment of Merida galloping her black steed Angus through the forest. I found myself transported to another world because the scene created a very real and emotional […]
As I discussed over at FANgirl Blog, I shared another excerpt from Wynde with my friends at the Lomin Ale Cantina as part of our May Mayhem Fan Fun celebrating Wraith Squadron from the Star Wars Expanded Universe in anticipation of the release of X-Wing: Mercy Kill in August. Be sure to check out the […]
I knew March would be madness with Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse and The Hunger Games – stories with great female heroines like Jaina, Tahiri, and Katniss. In the meantime I’ve been writing away on Wynde, working with my heroine in that book and playing with some storytelling ideas to help draw the reader into […]
In my first entry to Shaping a Heroine, a series of blogs discussing the design of my novel’s heroine, Vespa Wynde, I talked about her father. Daemyn Wynde had always been easily identifiable in my mind as an amalgamation of Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski and NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt. When I tried to identify […]
Recently Steven Savage of FanToPro.com requested an interview with me about FANgirl Blog, Wynde, and more. The interview was posted today – I hope you’ll check it out. And thanks to Steven for asking!
