Whisky Wilson's Blog

Spring- the season of rejuvenation.Spring is the time I look around and see what needs changing. Spring cleaning. It’s not deliberate; it just works out this way. March was full of activity, but April gave me pause when I flipped the calendar over.In March, I put down 15,000 words into a novella in two weeks or so, then led a massive roleplay event in one of my current guilty pleasures, Star Wars: The Old Republic. Following these successes, I took a day to reflect, and began preparing for th...

Earlier this week, I had the lovely opportunity to sit down and speak with RaeAnne and Tina, the masterminds behind the#letsreadindiecampaign.  It was an eye-opening experience, and something I really think I learned something about myself in the process.Be sure to check outRaeAnneandTinaon social media. Links to their blog in their bios.R&T: Tell us a bit about yourself and your books!W:When I’m not writing The Erden Archives, I’m most likely planning or participating in some form of rolepla...

(Rated 5 stars for compelling prose, an interesting twist, and philosophical highlight on current issues facing mankind.)Dan Brown’s latest release,Inferno, is another entry that fits perfectly in his Robert Langdon Series of novels. Reading it, the reader falls into the suspense rhythm that every Robert Langdon story contains. With vivid descriptions and fast-paced action sequences, it’s easy to visualize the theatrical presentation of this work.Infernoreads as a novelization of a heady susp...

Rewrite-the author’s metaphorical four-letter word. It’s never an easy task to rewrite a work, regardless of who says it needs to be done. It’s a gut-wrenching exercise to revisit your words and decide almost everything needs to change.My personal journey while writing (and rewriting) The Erden Archives is a meandering one. The serialized, short story version of the Archives is a rewrite. Originally, the story focuses on the journal of a young woman, given to her mother. However, the single p...

This is aSATIRICAL version oftheoriginal post. NSFW and all that jazz.Rewrite- it has three too many letters. And, just like the four-letter word it really is, it should come with a Google Adsense Policy statement and parental advisory rating. After all, any rewrite requires three times as much coffee and four times as much liquor as the original text.My personal journey while writing (and rewriting) The Erden Archives has been an incredibly complex one. To be honest, I’ve never really stoppe...

Every once in awhile, I don’t connect with a book on its surface.I can see the merit, and I know the story will be wonderful for someone else, just not for me.However, if I take a moment to look at the story in a deeper context, it resonates something powerful. The work becomes more than the sum of its words. So it is withInherited, by Freedom Matthews.To be fair, romance isn’t my go-to genre. Actually, I never read pure romance, and I’m far too cynical to believe in the “true love at first g...

As an author, I seek advice from successful authors.I read and watch other authors’ interviews and parse out advice they offer. I take it all at face value.With my limitedexperience, who amI to say that something is ridiculous?Also, I like defined goals. Something quantitative I can measure as a step toward progress. So, when I heard about writing word count goals, I found something that worked for me. I gravitated toward the mantra of 1,000 words a day. Something about 750, the common throw-...

A novella rarely pulls me into a world and leaves me with so many unanswered questions yet wanting more.However, Alsberg and Cummings write a white-knuckle ride of a space opera that rivals the relaunch ofBattlestar Galacticawith their collaborationZenith: The Androma Saga #1.Viceral and viscous, like the bloodstained kill counts on the katanas of the protagonist (Androma Racella), the story sticks with you days after reading.Mechanically, the novella is tight.Words evoke strong emotion in th...