Just found this out this week, and it’s a bit of a trip. In Titanic Voyage, Liam is adopted. The name “Liam” derives from “William.” Liam works at an amusement park, Historytown, which is owned by “Rochester” (Alistair Seymour Rochester III). Liam’s BFF/sidekick, “Rocky,” is legally named Alistair Seymour Rochester IV. Here’s where it gets …
Finding Characters in Unexpected Places
Writers, readers, have you ever found any characters in unexpected places? One of my favorite characters is Allistair Seymour “Rocky” Rochester IV, a precocious and wealthy self-proclaimed teenage genius. (He’ll appear in Historytown: Titanic Voyage, a romantic time-travel story which is in the hands of beta readers as we speak!) I’m not one for visualizing …
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How much editing does a book take?
There are hundreds, thousands, maybe millions of different ways to write a book. I consider myself a “discovery writer” or “gardener” (some might say pantser). I tend to write extremely messy first drafts, sometimes drafts that have only a vague semblance to the story that I later realize I want to tell. Did you ever …
Finding Historical Weather
Have you ever wondered what the weather was on a certain day in a certain place? I’m working on a time-travel novel where certain events happen on certain dates in the past. And given how easy it is to find information online, it seems reasonable to at least make sure that a day that was …