It sometimes takes more than expected time, but then again the journey is sometimes better than the end station. I finished the first draft of my book that I’ve given the title ‘Driven by Gold’. A historic mistery. Now that I reached this station, I look ahead to stations further down the road like the…
I sometimes remind other people of a saying. I don’t think it is a complex one. To move a mountain start with the first stone. Ok, to really move it, you have to keep on performing the same steps over and over. Pick up a stone, carry it to the new location, drop it and…
So I use writing software at this moment from Simon Hayes (see yWriter). I really like that simplicity. Yet there is enough functionality to get the job done. Currently I’m writing a book with the software that is taking place in 1952 in Canada. I trail of, what I wanted to tell is that Simon…
During a very nice writing week in England I wrote the following short story. —– The marching band comes. They play the Dutch anthem. It is the start of a concert of André Rieu in his hometown Maastricht. A large podium that will hold the orchestra, has been built on one side of the Vrijthof.…
With much pleasure, I present to you my newest book. This time a novella about a trip to Mars. What will happen to the few that are selected? Who achieves what? See the page with my books. Be a good friend and buy a book and enjoy it! Happy reading, Steve
Yes, finally I’m there. At the end of my newest book 1-Way Ticket to Mars. Ready with the editing. I had help from a couple of good friends. They helped me out with removing the typos I overlooked and made remarks on the content to improve the overall content. Next step: putting it all together…
Bammm! There you have it, my idea of the cover of my latest book: How about it. Does it give a clue what the story is about? Remember at this moment the book is still with my proofreaders. I’m really delited that it is already that far. Do you like it? Like to hear from…
As a writer, there is a near unlimited amount of books on writing itself. I’ve recently read two books: Donald Maass –‘Writing 21st century fiction’ Maria Genova –‘Hoe schrijf je een bestseller’(How to write a bestseller). Fascinating to read that a lot of their tips are overlapping. Sure as hell that the majority of the…
Writing a book/novella is one thing. Once that is done, spell checking is to be done. Consistency checks are done. Not only by me but by a number of persons. I’ve found a number of persons that will help me to raise the quality level of my latest novella ‘Red or Not’. The summary of…
Writing means for me, putting all those available words in the correct sequence. Like string beads on a thread. But is that what it really is, just words? No, not at all. Especially now that I’m reading and learning from ‘Writing 21st Century Fiction’ by Donald Maass. Writing a good book is more than the…