February 21st, 2011
An Update On Merlin's Shadow — And An Excerpt!
Written by Robert Treskillard on February 21st, 2011 @ 11:39:00 am (1472 views)
Part Two of MERLIN'S SHADOW is now finished! And this marks 80% through the novel, which means only 20% remains for Part Three and the climax of the novel. I am currently at a word count of 78,000 out of an expected 97,000 wordsEach of my novel… more »
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February 17th, 2011
My strange connections with Robert Frost, Gaspard de Coligny, and John Calvin
Written by Robert Treskillard on February 17th, 2011 @ 11:27:00 am (5237 views)
It was 1995, I had just moved to Missouri, and was browsing that newly expanded thing they call the Internet. I ran across a picture of Robert Frost as a young man, and sat in shock ...... I had never seen anyone who looked so much like ... me! No,… more »
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February 5th, 2011
How To Improve Your Writing And Productivity With Word AutoCorrect
Written by Robert Treskillard on February 5th, 2011 @ 11:31:38 am (1249 views)
Posted in On Writing Fiction, Randy Ingermanson
As part of the Genesis contest, one of my judges pointed out that I used the word "was" way too often. Instead I should have been choosing better verbs.So I took my work in progress and I used the find dialog to locate all the offending instances of… more »
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February 2nd, 2011
Chapter Titles for Merlin's Blade!
Written by Robert Treskillard on February 2nd, 2011 @ 05:08:24 pm (336 views)
This is a first for me. I've resisted until now, but feel it is the right time to add them. Now that they're done, I think they add an awful lot to the book.
PROLOGUE
PART I: GUILE’S DUST
1. AN ERRAND GONE ASTRAY
2. BORROWED PROMISES
3. A SE… more »
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