If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in our discussion forums: Also, if you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this area! I’ll post the pages and queries a few days before a critique so you can see how your redline […]
When I’m editing manuscripts, often I’ll come across a jarring scene that feels like it comes out of left field, has nothing to do with the scenes before and after, and never really ends up amounting to much. I call these “Plinko scenes,” after the famous The Price is Right game. (Hello to my fellow […]
This week! Books! News came this week that after years of increasing market share, young adult fiction is now among the only categories posting declines in sales. The #takes have rolled in, and many people cited book bans, a decrease in B&N shelf space for YA, and a lingering lack of diversity. Librarian Karen Jensen […]
If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in the discussion forums: Also, if you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this area! I’ll post the pages and queries a few days before a critique so you can see how your […]
Last week I updated my post on how to edit your own novel, and since you may need to be dishing edits out in addition to receiving them, today I’ll update my previous posts on how to edit someone else’s novel. I’ll get into the ins and outs of how to go about this, but […]
ello all!This is just a quick reminder that the Lindenbaum entries are out nbsp;<pThe voting period lasts until 11:59:59pm (GMT) on April 18th 2023.In order to vote, you need to email your 3 choices to indenbaumprize@gmail.com.Enjoy!: Lloyd of Gamebooks A blog about writing gamebooks . My musings on how to write a gamebook and what makes a good gamebook . Create your story here Monday , March 6, 2023 Update to the gamebook reading list Hello all Back in 2017, I collected a list of blog posts that would help any gamebook writer to improve their trade and published them Dave Morris tweeted about it which reminded me about it , so I decided to ask people if there were any updates in the last 6 years . Someone reminded me that Victoria Hancox had been writing since I wrote the post and now and that she had also made many blog posts about writing gamebooks . So here is Victoria Hancox's posts . nbsp In future , I will make the list an annual event . I will release it at the beginning of September so that future Lindenbaum: Lloyd of Gamebooks A blog about writing gamebooks . My musings on how to write a gamebook and what makes a good gamebook . Create your story here Friday , March 3, 2023 February news and upcoming March news Hello all I'm sorry the news is late again . Here are some of the latest things going : on Lindenbaum The competition is going with 13 entries Vote for your 3 favourite books . Closing date is 18th April 11:59:59pm . GMT Lloyd of Gamebooks : Voting is now open for the 2022 2023 Lindenbaum Prize New releases Computer games Colossal Cave on Steam Colossal Cave is one of the first interactive fiction games and I used to love trying to work out what was in the author's head . It is now on Steam with . graphics Colossal Cave on Steam steampowered.com Deathtrap Dungeon Deathtrap Dungeon is