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Category Archives: Tankborn Origins
Movie to Books to Movie to TV
What starts as a movie script, morphs into a trilogy of books, segues briefly into a short story, rises again as a movie script, and aspires to be a TV series? The Tankborn Trilogy. First came the movie script, Icer. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cool Science, Diverse Books, diversity, Tankborn Origins, The Writing Life, Writing Craft
Tagged Recombined, short film
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Exciting News About Tankborn
In previous posts, I’ve talked about how I’ve lived a double life as a writer. At the same time that I’ve written my 22 novels, I’ve been writing screenplays. Screenplays for full-length movies, for TV shows, and short scripts. I’ve … Continue reading
When Your Characters Come Out to You
I recently guest blogged at GayYA.org and wanted to share. In the post, “Are They LGBTQIA? Let Your Characters Tell You,” I talk about how I discovered the sexual orientation of characters in my Tankborn Trilogy as I wrote the … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Diverse Books, Strongly Held Beliefs, Tankborn Origins, Writing Craft
Tagged awakening, lee and low, lgbt, lgbtqia, rebellion, TANKBORN, tankborn trilogy
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Deadline Hell
Your regularly scheduled blog will return when The Denking Book is Done. And whoever stole my rewrite fairy wand had better return it NOW. Meanwhile, a kitten to soothe you.
Posted in Books, Tankborn Origins, The Writing Life, Writing Craft
Tagged am writing, awakening, clean burn, deadline hell, rebellion, rewriting, TANKBORN, tankborn trilogy
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Where I’ll Be, When I’ll Be There, and What I’m Doing
I’ve got two great events coming up for Tankborn and Awakening, the first two books in my young adult science fiction trilogy. One event is in the Sacramento CA area, and the second is in Reno NV. I’m also going to … Continue reading
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
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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
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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
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