-
Recent Posts
Archives
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
Categories
Meta
Category Archives: Tankborn Origins
Happy Book Birthday!
Sometimes the passage of time between when a book is contracted and when it’s finally launched into the brave new world seems like forever. But finally it’s the official release day for Tu Books’ spring 2013 releases. The first one … Continue reading
The Trouble With Trilogies
Back in my romance writing days, I didn’t write trilogies. The love stories I wrote were one-offs. Although half of my Harlequin books (Counting on a Cowboy, A Father’s Sacrifice, His Baby to Love, The Three-Way Miracle, and Her Baby’s … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Tankborn Origins, The Writing Life, Writing Craft
Tagged angry robot, awakening, clean burn, drom, exhibit a, karen sandler, kayla, lee and low, revolution, seycat, sticker bush, TANKBORN, trilogies, trilogy, tu books
3 Comments
RTW – What Makes a Book a Movie?
This week, YA Highway’s Road Trip Wednesday offers up the blog prompt What is it that makes some books ideal for a film translation? I feel a little like that kid in class whose teacher finally asks a question she … Continue reading
Dialogue vs. Scene
When does dialogue constitute a scene? If two or more characters are talking to one another about elements of the story they’re featured in, is that a scene? And if it is a scene, how much of it can we … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Strongly Held Beliefs, Tankborn Origins, The Writing Life, Writing Craft
Tagged action, dialogue, james rollins, karen sandler, map of bones, scene, talking heads, TANKBORN
2 Comments
RTW – My L-O-V-E List
When I saw this blog topic on YA Highway‘s Road Trip Wednesday, the old TV show The Love Boat immediately came to mind. In fact, if you remember that show, you have to read the title of this post the same … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Tankborn Origins, The Writing Life, Writing Craft
Tagged awakening, karen sandler, love boat, love list, TANKBORN, worldbuilding
12 Comments
Programming DNA
In the world of my book Tankborn, Genetically Engineered Non-humans (GENs) are controlled via electronics installed in their nervous system and brain. I read an article this week which describes an intriguing study whose results I might just have to … Continue reading
Brain-Digital Interface
Sometimes science is stranger–and creepier–than fiction. In my young adult science fiction book, Tankborn, genetically engineered non-humans (GENs) are grown in a tank with circuitry implanted along their nervous systems, including within their brains. An interface installed on their cheek … Continue reading
Give Every Scene a Purpose
The other day, I gave a talk to a high school class about how I did the world-building for my SF book Tankborn. This was a creative writing class, and the students were very motivated to learn more about how … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Strongly Held Beliefs, Tankborn Origins, The Writing Life
Tagged character, events, important, mundane, purpose, scenes, TANKBORN, trivial, writing
7 Comments
RTW – Images That Inspire
This week’s prompt on YA Highway‘s Road Trip Wednesday is What images inspire/ represent your WIP or favorite book? This one is pretty easy because my publisher, Lee and Low, hired an artist to draw some of the creatures and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Tankborn Origins, The Writing Life
Tagged awakening, bhimkay, inspiration, rat-snake, sewer toad, seycat, TANKBORN
3 Comments
Tankborn Outtakes
Back around October 2009, I finished work on a manuscript titled GENeration, a young adult science fiction book. I knew it wasn’t finished finished. I didn’t yet have an agent or editor for the book, but I knew that when … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Tankborn Origins, The Writing Life
Tagged deleted scenes, devak, edit, editing, exclusives, GEN, kayla, lowborn, outtakes, re-write, re-writing, TANKBORN, trueborn
Leave a comment
