J. R. FRONTERA, author

Rebel stories for rebel souls...

Writing Prompt Wednesday: Excerpt from "The Good Thing"

Unfortunately, I'm so behind in my Camp NaNoWriMo word count for this contest entry novel that I can't afford to spend any time or words on anything outside of that project.  So for this week's Wednesday post, I have elected to share a small excerpt from that project.  The image here is model Sean O'Pry, my inspiration for the character Pavel Sokolov, who features in this excerpt.  This is a very rough draft, but I hope you enjoy!  :)   ***   “Oh look,” Vince said, his tone ... View Post

Project List for July 2013

Behind on posting this month, for two reasons.  1) I've entered a writing contest which consumes every free moment, details on the list below and 2) We lost our kitty of ten years very unexpectedly last Sunday, so I am still reeling from that.  There's a post dedicated to her in me somewhere, but I haven't managed to dig it out yet.  In the meantime, I'm going to stick to the cut and dry bulleted list, and will resume normal posting next month, or whenever I get my brain back together... ... View Post

Surviving NaNoWriMo: Tips and Tricks to Come Out of It Alive, If Slightly Less Sane

NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, officially appointed to November, likely because NOVember begins much like NOVel.  Cute.  No one happened to think that November was a positively awful month to hold such a national event, namely because of the approaching holidays and the whole traveling and planning and stressing and food-comas and seeing-extended-family bits.  But despite all of this, November remains National Novel Writing Month and despite all of this, every year hundreds ... View Post

Bait, Fish, and Reel Report for June 2013

Running just a little behind this month!  Blame a looming fiction contest deadline!  O_o  But we'll get to that in a minute.  First, let me see if I can get all this sorted out! Someone once said that to be a successful and productive writer, one had to do the equivalent of “cutting bait, fishing, and reeling ‘em in, all at the same time”!  This translates to writing as working on projects-in-progress while at the same time submitting completed projects to potential markets and also continuing ... View Post

11 Most Important Revelations for My Writing Life (and Sanity)

  You don't have to tell readers everything.  Not only should you avoid info-dumping your poor readers in the beginning of the story, you should avoid info-dumping your readers AT ALL TIMES.  Remember - bring out world details through action and dialogue - NOT description and exposition!  Sprinkle these tidbits throughout - icing is tasty, true, but good lord, no one wants a fist-sized glob of icing all at once! Even as the author, you don't have to know EVERYTHING about your own story.  ... View Post

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