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World-Building

I’m still working on world-building and plot-crafting for Allison and Gabe’s story…and as an illustration of why this sometimes takes so long, I have a treat for you!

This is a short video that is absolutely amazing. The guy who created it called it “A strange man re-creates a world for the woman he loves.” Those of us in the author world, however, see this as sort of a visual of what goes on inside our heads in the world-building portion of story-writing. The plot crafting is very similar, too…just more linear, because it’s actions, thoughts, and feelings that are being arranged and figured out in detail, rather than the world that our characters live in.

But that’s enough explanation. Enjoy!

World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.

And now back to our regular programming…

For those of you who haven’t noticed my recent Twitter updates over there on the sidebar… I’ve used almost the enter last week and a half trying to finish a final round of edits on my story, so I can enter the Amazon Breaththrough Novel Award contest. That’s why my house is a mess. That’s why emails have gone unanswered. And that’s why you haven’t gotten a new update on Allison and Gabe.

BUT… I am happy to say that I finished the edits, entered the contest, and now have brain-space available to write the next installment for you!

So stay tuned!

I’m twittering!

I’ve decided to give this Twitter thing a try. I honestly don’t know how much I’ll use it… but I downloaded an API that’s supposed to help me manage it. I suppose I’ll use it for mentioning when I’m posting a new blog post, etc. So… if any of you are interested in following me, here’s my twitter page. (That sounds like something off of Bambi!)

http://twitter.com/KathleenMaciver

PS… I’m going to add a new feature to the blog, so stay tuned!