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This week’s meeting with the Asimovs brought up an interesting point. If I’m not careful, I could plan this book to death without actually getting around to writing it. With that said, and the other Dead Asimovs glaring at me holding their menacing nerf bats, I think I’d better lay out some milestones for what I plan to accomplish here. (Warning: Personal productivity theory and writing may intersect. Wear adequate head protection.)

I’ve been “given"; two w...

I’ve been ready to start for a week now. The outline is as complete as it needs to be, filling out any more detail will freeze the story. I have all my tools in order, I’ve given up on fiddling with mobile tech, I really have nothing to do with my time away from the office but read, write and sleep. (Seriously. My TV has atrophied down to a wristwatch, and there are pictures of my LOTRO character on milk cartons all over Middle Earth.) I’m ready, nothing ahead of me but the ...

I’ve been wondering how much about the actual plot and characters of In Shining Armor I should tell you guys about. Conventional wisdom tells me I should keep my big trap shut about the book itself so no one “steals it” before I finish it and find a publisher. There are several problems I can find with this line of thinking.

 

No one steals story ideas. Really. I copyrighted the story behind In Shining Armor in 1990, and I’ve already “publi...