Category: Writers – Steve D’Adamo

We’re Now on Facebook!

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Red String PaperCuts has joined Facebook! Like our page if you want to receive occasional updates (2-3 times per week) and connect with us more directly. We’ll also be sharing other blogs, articles, and fiction we find around the web on that page.

You may have also noticed that our menu bar has changed a bit. Check out our new page, “The Warden of Everfeld” for all of the most recent updates on my upcoming novel. Our individual author pages are now under the “About Us” menu, to help clean up the header a bit.

Anyway, thanks for the continued support. One love.

Steve D

Manuscript: Alpha is a Go – and it has a title!

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manuscriptWell, it is actually finished now, at least for the current moment. Manuscript: Alpha has been revised, printed, bound, and sent off to my four lovely, devoted, selfless alpha readers. 176,000 words, plus a glossary, and a crudely drawn map to guide their mental wanderings as they read. Continue reading “Manuscript: Alpha is a Go – and it has a title!” →

Finished*

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173,920 words.

That is where my completed first draft sits in its current, non-revised form. I’m spending the entirety of my day off on Tuesday revising and finalizing the draft for Manuscript: Alpha, but damn it this feels good.

Much more work to come, but “Jaed and Aston” now has a beginning, middle, and end. I might be too excited to sleep tonight.

Steve D

Creativity Sessions: Let Your Characters Write the Story

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I forget sometimes that others can help pull you out of creative ruts. I’ve put a lot of pressure on myself to finish Manuscript: Alpha of “Jaed and Aston” this week, mostly by telling my alpha readers that I was almost done.

Then, I hit a narrative point that felt messy and too drawn out. I fussed over wording, I tried to find a shortcut (which I do not like admitting), I brainstormed a whole bunch. And then I happened upon an interview that gave me the jolt I needed. Continue reading “Creativity Sessions: Let Your Characters Write the Story” →