Choosing a road name in American civil war era Virginia
Selecting a name for a road or street in Virginia during the American civil war created a pretty interesting problem….
The hold part 3
The story so far. Hans Werner, a Union secret service agent, is more-or-less trapped in the hold of a British…
Writing description by using an image in your word processor
This is a pretty good system for writing description if you’re trying to describe something but aren’t quite sure what…
Writing character description: introducing a character by name
This is a pretty good way of writing character description, or more specifically introducing a character by name. I call…
Writing description: the Confederate Secret Service
I’ve encountered a problem when describing the Confederate Secret Service in the American Civil War novel which I’m writing. I’m…
The Hold part 2
Captain Bowen decided that he had punished the Union agent who was imprisoned in the hold of his ship…
Writing description: Yankee or Union?
It’s interesting how description can determine what a character is like, what his attitude is, as I discovered when I…
Writing description versus action
I’m not quite sure whether I’ve written too much description in this scene from a novel which I’m writing; maybe…
A long and winding gently curving way of writing description
‘Long winding’ staircase or ‘gently curving’ staircase or both? Or don’t bother to describe it? As in: ‘The two doctors…
