Category: Process
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AI is changing writing
A fellow writer has directed me to an article in The New Yorker by Stephen Marche, “Computers are Getting Better at Writing,” which offers a glimpse into how AI is being used to enhance the writing process. It focuses on an artificial-intelligence application called Sudowrite that can suggest plot direction based on what you’ve already…
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Research for the new book
I have just finished the final draft of The Quadrant Conspiracy, a novel of World War II set in Ontario. I am now in search of an agent and publisher. My first three novels all required hours of research, although the first two were based in part on my personal experience. But Quadrant involved more…
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Plot development in Scrivener
Scrivener is a writing environment with extensive flexibility. One of its chief advantages to writers is that it allows you to divide a story or book into its constituent pieces (chapters and scenes), work on them independently, shift them around, and compile the finished product as a seamless manuscript.. This makes it ideal for those…
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Audio version of “Novak’s Mission”
I’m happy to announce that Robert McBride will narrate the audiobook version of “Novak’s Mission” when it is released in late August. Until his recent retirement, Robert was one of the top classical music hosts in public radio. He and I have worked together for nearly three decades, first at Oregon Public Broadcasting, then during…
Lewis, the Scrivener 