Posts Tagged ‘blog’

Suspense: Mission Impossible?

Posted: 18th June 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Movie, Thriller, Uncategorized
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When writing a scene I also work to bring the tension up.  Falling off a curb and spraining an ankle?  How about falling off a cliff and breaking your back? You get the idea.  But I’ve also found that I have to use some judgement about how far I take things or they begin to […]

LeMay Adventure

Posted: 11th June 2012 by Richard Hacker in Life, Uncategorized
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I love a good adventure. Doesn’t have to be too crazy, just something out of the usual day to day.  Last weekend my bride Sidney and I hopped on the Vespa and went to Tacoma.  We couldn’t take I5, since the 150 will only do 50 or 55.  So we had to get a little […]

Buy A Book, Win A Prize

Posted: 8th June 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Marketing, Novel, Publishing, Uncategorized
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Read a story today about the author of Ready Player One, Arthur Cline, is giving a prize away for any reader who can find a clue in his novel, then successfully navigate three challenges in an online video game at a specific web address. The contest sounds kind of cool. Much more skill based than […]

TOXIC RELATIONSHIP

Posted: 31st May 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Novel, Thriller, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, Uncategorized
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As I may have mentioned, I’ve got a novel coming out in August published by Champagne Books.  TOXIC RELATIONSHIP is a thriller with a humorous twist set in the Hill Country of Texas.  My protagonist, Nick Sibelius, moves to the small Texas town of Pflugerville, turned Austin suburb, to set up a private investigation business, […]

So You Want to Get Published…

Posted: 11th May 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Publishing, Uncategorized
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A friend who is in the process of writing a non-fiction book asked me what it takes to get published.  I thought I’d share what I told her.  Call it another data point for anyone in the hunt for working with a publisher.  I also think most of this applies to self-publishing as well. 1. […]

Avoid the Trope Cliche

Posted: 23rd February 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Novel, Science Fiction, Teleportation, Tropes
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I recently caught the movie Jumper on cable (2008) — a bit of Hollywood fluff. One of those movies you tell people to wait for it to come out on DVD. Then out of curiosity, I picked up the novel used as the basis for the movie screenplay, Jumper by Steven Gould. Actually, the word […]

Is Your Writing Sculpture or Skupper?

Posted: 23rd May 2011 by Richard Hacker in Uncategorized
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Sol LeWitt American, born 1928 Four-Sided Pyramid, 1999 I visited Washington DC last week and, as usual, took the opportunity to visit the Mall and some of my favorite museums: The American History Museum, Air and Space Museum, Museum of Art and a stroll through the Museum of Art Sculpture Garden. A mom with her […]

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