Kevin J. Fellows, Poet & Author of Fantasy and Speculative Fiction
Articles related to planned and ongoing writing projects.
I hesitate to write this update as it may seem too self-absorbed, but if nothing else, this blog is a place for such. Even with productive gains, a week can be more than challenging. This week I found a few workable short story ideas, made good progress on the plot summary of the next novel, … Continue reading Work in Progress: January 17, 2020
My week included sending one story off to market, another out for a beta read, a few poems into critiques with good feedback, and I finally figured out what my next novel will be. I’ve been working on a novel idea for a few months but it just didn’t feel right. First, it wasn’t a … Continue reading Work in Progress January 11, 2020
Trends I recently looked at my list of short stories in progress and found a trend. It’s not a great discovery, nor is it a helpful trend. I’ve been writing the same story just in various guises. When I looked at the ones with the best feedback and the ones I liked the best, they … Continue reading Work in Progress: December 31, 2019
While At the End of the World is off with others, I've started writing the next novel. It was my NaNo project this year, and It has turned into something very different from what I planned. In some ways it's more of a traditional fantasy than At the End of the World, but then, it's … Continue reading Work in Progress: December 10, 2019
I've written a post for the Epos Blog about writing my NaNoWriMo novel this year and why I don't think word-count should determine if you succeed or not. The story you are trying to tell is more important than tracking words, and not reaching 50,000 words does not mean you've failed. You can read it … Continue reading My NaNoWriMo
