Ask the Author: R.M. Harrington
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R.M. Harrington
Something to consider. Let me hold off a bit; got a new one almost ready to release. I will need a few advance reviews. Will get back to you soon.
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R.M. Harrington
What power enables a woman to embrace and stay with a very troubled man.
R.M. Harrington
Anything by John Sandford.
R.M. Harrington
The vicious thick-coated wild-hound chased the limping hobo into a narrow alley where the only lighting came from a thin beam that seeped through the narrow blinds of a closed Mexican restaurant. From the shadows, a knife glinted, slashed left then up; the dog howled once and then the hobo's wife secured their next bloody night meal.
R.M. Harrington
The Bushmaster Tech Battles began as a short article on Fiction Development.
Using an old vision of a story that would begin with a man discovering a crashed school bus, the article defined the outline and crafting of such a story. A few years later, that outline became...
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Using an old vision of a story that would begin with a man discovering a crashed school bus, the article defined the outline and crafting of such a story. A few years later, that outline became...
http://raymondmichaelharrington.com/u...
R.M. Harrington
Open an ongoing story. Rework one chapter. Start a new story, writing one or two pages. Then... On to the current novel.
Ideas for new stories come daily from observation of the world around me. Everything has a story. From the can chattering across an empty paved parking lot to the pretty dark-haired pumping gas at the BP. It's all about What If?
Ideas for new stories come daily from observation of the world around me. Everything has a story. From the can chattering across an empty paved parking lot to the pretty dark-haired pumping gas at the BP. It's all about What If?
R.M. Harrington
Two novels. Several short sci-fi stories. Running my sawmill as a means of breaking from the stories and for better health.
Favored work of the moment... "Of Man, And Woman And Ghosts"
It's about a young man coming of age on a strange and distant planet. It's about a mentally unstable female, a genius who ends up in this young man's world. It's about evil people with wicked goals. AND it's about a ghost with rights to claim the life of the young man.
Favored work of the moment... "Of Man, And Woman And Ghosts"
It's about a young man coming of age on a strange and distant planet. It's about a mentally unstable female, a genius who ends up in this young man's world. It's about evil people with wicked goals. AND it's about a ghost with rights to claim the life of the young man.
R.M. Harrington
Everyone says write, write, write. I would suggest taking on some routine outside work. Doing things that have nothing to do with writing will add flavor to the time you spend at the desk. It also helps preserve your health and your eyesight.
R.M. Harrington
Working from home on my own schedule. Doing work I enjoy.
R.M. Harrington
Never suffer from it. Always have several stories in work. If for some reason one story doesn't want to move forward, I turn to another.
R.M. Harrington
To me, the term "Writer's block" seems a false term, merely an author's synonym for lazy. It’s all about getting in the mood for work while lacking the focus to take action. Like getting up speed for housecleaning, knocking aside this lazy approach to writing can be extremely difficult.
Here are some possible solutions:
1. Capture your imagination in a daily log of new ideas.
2. Observe people, your surroundings, and the world of continuous possibilities.
3. Research the Internet for new ideas. Example: you are crafting a fight scene, but can’t seem to get the right sense of action. Do Internet research on “best written fight scenes.” Just take care that you do not let the research crowd out the writing.
4. While working, shut down your phone, email and Internet activity. This may seem to contradict item three, but there is great distinction between researching as a trigger new ideas versus research that squanders time.
5. Pump the flames by running multiple simultaneous projects. If cranking up on one project seems resistant, switch to a blog post, one of your on-going short stories, of a paid article.
6. Refuse to be lazy.
Here are some possible solutions:
1. Capture your imagination in a daily log of new ideas.
2. Observe people, your surroundings, and the world of continuous possibilities.
3. Research the Internet for new ideas. Example: you are crafting a fight scene, but can’t seem to get the right sense of action. Do Internet research on “best written fight scenes.” Just take care that you do not let the research crowd out the writing.
4. While working, shut down your phone, email and Internet activity. This may seem to contradict item three, but there is great distinction between researching as a trigger new ideas versus research that squanders time.
5. Pump the flames by running multiple simultaneous projects. If cranking up on one project seems resistant, switch to a blog post, one of your on-going short stories, of a paid article.
6. Refuse to be lazy.
R.M. Harrington
Experiencing life within your creation, be it fiction or be it non-fiction. Passion makes strong characters. When they begin to dominate the direction of the work, a writer experiences the joy of creation.
R.M. Harrington
Work. If you can't get inspired for your own visions, sigh up with some content vendors. and start writting what others suggest. Is all about keeping the process active. And when in a block, why not do something that pays a few bills?
R.M. Harrington
A SF novel involving a world where long-term memory does not exist. When your choices are limited to short-term memories, what changes about life?
Various short fictions.
Four to eight monthly blog posts for paying clients. More.
Various short fictions.
Four to eight monthly blog posts for paying clients. More.
R.M. Harrington
Typically, I notice something in my surroundings. Things like a can chattering across an empty parking lot, or the behavior patterns of career politicans as shown on TV news shows, or just from the wind as it whippeds hard in the treetops.
Once noticing such activity, thoughts begin to form in my internal sweat shop. Eventually a first line comes complete and ready to write. Then it begins.
Once noticing such activity, thoughts begin to form in my internal sweat shop. Eventually a first line comes complete and ready to write. Then it begins.
R.M. Harrington
In my head while doing Federal time for other things that had gotten into my head.
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