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Daniel Logan
I've often wondered about people that I crossed paths with at one time and have since lost track of them. How did their lives turn out? Did they do something famous? or something terrible?
A plot could be recognizing an old acquaintance on a TV news report and realizing I might hold the key that led to their current situation.
A plot could be recognizing an old acquaintance on a TV news report and realizing I might hold the key that led to their current situation.
Daniel Logan
Writer's block is no fun, but I can usually avoid it by writing when I'm fresh. I'm most creative in the morning, but even then, a two-hour stretch is about all I can manage before my mind gets drained.
If writer's block happens, I try to write on through it and get the scene or the passage on paper, not striving for perfection. Once written, I leave the scene alone for a while and come back to it later when I'm refreshed. Then editing it comes easy.
If writer's block happens, I try to write on through it and get the scene or the passage on paper, not striving for perfection. Once written, I leave the scene alone for a while and come back to it later when I'm refreshed. Then editing it comes easy.
Daniel Logan
It varies person by person.
In my case, I enjoy the whole writing process from beginning to end. Holding the first printed book in your hand is an awesome feeling and represents the culmination of years of work.
I enjoy interacting with people at book signings and all the people I've met through my writing journey.
In my case, I enjoy the whole writing process from beginning to end. Holding the first printed book in your hand is an awesome feeling and represents the culmination of years of work.
I enjoy interacting with people at book signings and all the people I've met through my writing journey.
Daniel Logan
Never give up. Persistence pays off. I've always believed that published authors are aspiring writers who overcame rejection by hard work. Spend more time revising and editing your manuscript than you did writing the first draft.
Writing is a solitary art. Get connected. Build networks with other writers, become a member of a writing group, attend writing conferences, and take writing courses.
Never give up. Persistence pays off. I've always believed that published authors are aspiring writers who overcame rejection by hard work. Spend more time revising and editing your manuscript than you did writing the first draft.
Writing is a solitary art. Get connected. Build networks with other writers, become a member of a writing group, attend writing conferences, and take writing courses.
Daniel Logan
Publication and promotion of The Phobos Expedition.
Publication and promotion of The Phobos Expedition.
Daniel Logan
I've always had a vivid imagination. I love aviation and space, the Southwest, and ancient mysteries and enigmatic structures. The trick is to narrow down a multitude of story ideas into the premise for my next novel.
I've always had a vivid imagination. I love aviation and space, the Southwest, and ancient mysteries and enigmatic structures. The trick is to narrow down a multitude of story ideas into the premise for my next novel.
Daniel Logan
On April 1, 1959, an article in a newsletter published by a noted Midwestern astronomer, Walter Scott Houston, revealed that Dr. Arthur Hayall of the University of the Sierras stated that the two Martian moons were artificial satellites placed in orbit by an ancient civilization.
Note the date of the article is April Fool's Day. Neither Dr. Arthur Hayall nor the University of the Sierras exist. Yet the legend was supported by scientists in the Eisenhower administration, the Soviet Union, and even NASA, including an astronaut who had walked on the moon.
I thought a good premise for a novel would be a NASA expedition to Phobos to determine, once and for all, if the legend were true.
On April 1, 1959, an article in a newsletter published by a noted Midwestern astronomer, Walter Scott Houston, revealed that Dr. Arthur Hayall of the University of the Sierras stated that the two Martian moons were artificial satellites placed in orbit by an ancient civilization.
Note the date of the article is April Fool's Day. Neither Dr. Arthur Hayall nor the University of the Sierras exist. Yet the legend was supported by scientists in the Eisenhower administration, the Soviet Union, and even NASA, including an astronaut who had walked on the moon.
I thought a good premise for a novel would be a NASA expedition to Phobos to determine, once and for all, if the legend were true.
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