Posts Tagged ‘novel’

The 777 Challenge

Posted: 9th July 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Novel
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Cathy Coburn tagged me for a little thing called the 777 challenge.  I will post seven lines from page seven of a work in progress and then tag seven other writers. Because I’ve never been good at coloring inside the lines, I’m changing this up a bit.  How about the first seven lines of the […]

Author Chat: Angelica Hart and Zi

Posted: 25th June 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Novel, Uncategorized
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I’m excited to have Angelica Hart and Zi in the blog house for an interview.  To say these two authors combined, have been prolific, is a bit of an understatement.  Between them they have thirty seven titles published and over five hundred shorts in various magazines and newspapers.  And the awards! EPPIE finalist for three […]

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 […]

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, […]

New Cover for TOXIC RELATIONSHIP

Posted: 18th May 2012 by Richard Hacker in Novel, Publishing, Thriller, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP
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Just received the cover for my thriller, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP which will be released August, 2012 by Champagne Books.  I gave the marketing team some very sketchy info, unsure myself what the cover should look like.  I believe I said something like arid, toxic waste and airstream trailers.  You see, I’m one of those people who […]

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. […]

A Boy and His Dog

Posted: 30th April 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Dogs, Life, Novel, Uncategorized
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I have a constant writing companion who keeps me in the present, offers positive support day and night, stands by me on the good days when I’m writing like a demon and on those days where I just can’t seem to shift into gear, hangs out with me while I work, takes walks to clear […]

Where’s the Line? Limits to Language, Sex and Violence in YA Novels

Posted: 9th April 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Digital Media, Novel, Publishing, Uncategorized, YA
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As an author writing a YA novel I face the conundrum of determining how much graphic sex, violence and profanity my characters will experience in the course of the story.  YA presents a challenge because you’re dealing with a broad spectrum of intellectual and emotional capacity to understand what is being presented.  The distance between […]

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 […]

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