The Kill Switch I have finished up draft 4 of my work in progress called The Kill Switch. Draft 5 is now being prepared. This draft is formatted, double-spacing, wide margins, header, Time Roman 12pt, and looks good. My impression of the novel changes once it appears this way and is really useful for catching … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 35
General Update Thanks to all who downloaded or shared my postings over the weekend. In the Techno Thriller chart, my cybercrime novel The Kill Chain made Number 2 in the UK, US and Canada and number 1 in France. The book also made number 2 in the Suspense chart in France and number 6 in … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 34
Free Book Weekend This weekend, February 18th and 19th, my best seller The Kill Chain is on free download. If you haven’t caught up with it yet, this weekend is an ideal time to grab a copy and see what it’s all about. You can download the book by clicking on this link here I … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 33
Third Draft – Completed This week I finished up draft three of the sequel to The Kill Chain. I still have the working title of The Kill Switch and I feel that is going to stick now. Looking at last weeks post, I listed a number of titles of future novels in this series. I … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 32
Future Novels My next writing project always appears to be more exciting than the one I’m actually working on. I have so many ideas for new stories it can challenging deciding on what to write next. I’m finishing up my thirteenth novel, called The Kill Switch, within the next week. Other than book one of … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 31
Time One of the many challenges you will encounter while pursing your desire to write, is finding the time. Like many authors, I have a fulltime job that is stressful and can expect to be called on at any time should a cyber incident occur. I love the job and as I write about technology, … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 30
Electronica In my novel The Kill Chain, Jacob Anderson prefers to listen to electronic music. In keeping with most writers I wonder what it would be like to see a film of my book and what the soundtrack would be. As The Kill Chain is a cybercrime thriller I imagine it would consist of electronic … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 29
Routine I find that I need a routine when it comes to writing. I can write anytime, and often do, but I do maintain a protected slot at the start of the day during which time the bulk of my writing is done. It works for me, your mileage may differ on this, so whatever … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 28
Names During the edit stage of my novel The Kill Chain, I was asked to change the names of several of the characters. This was a surprise, even a bit of a shock. I tend to come up with a name and stick with it so being asked to change their names after having spent … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 27
Review of 2022 Although I have been writing for several years, looking back on 2022 I feel this has been the most productive and successful to date. The year started with working on the final touches to The Copernicus Coercion, Book One – Code Critical which I self-published in February. This is a science fiction … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 26
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