For Writers
Below are tools and samples covered in the Tidy Guides to help writers streamline the writing, editing, and publishing processes.
Self-Editing Checklist (PDF, DOC). Here's a sample checklist you can download and modify for editing and polishing your own manuscript.
Sample Style Sheet (PDF, DOC) The style sheet is a tool you can use to streamline the self-editing process. Download this sample and modify it to create your own style sheet that matches your personal style in terms of formatting, word usage, grammar, and punctuation.
Storyboard for Fringe Runner. A storyboard is a tool used to visualize the end-to-end plot and all the scenes of a story. This example is the storyboard I created for Fringe Runner (Contains massive spoilers!).
The Publishing Lifecycle. Here's a list of the major steps a writer goes through when publishing through a traditional publishing house.
Book Launch Checklist for Self-Publishers. Here's a list of key activities to consider when publishing your own book.
For Book Clubs
I have discussion questions and other notes on several of my books for reading groups.
- Click here for questions and notes the Deadland Saga.
Free Fiction
I've written in various genres. Here is a sampling of my work:
The Gao Yao Engine. Science Fiction (2 pages).
Welcome to a future without prisons, a future where induced time manipulation is used to turn convicts into productive citizens. This is the very short story of one drug abuser who's gone through the Gao Yao Engine... and the unplanned consequences when we use technology to tinker with our minds.
Welcome to a future without prisons, a future where induced time manipulation is used to turn convicts into productive citizens. This is the very short story of one drug abuser who's gone through the Gao Yao Engine... and the unplanned consequences when we use technology to tinker with our minds.
Control+Alt+Delete. Science Fiction (20 pages).
In the near-future where we are monitored every minute of every day, a law is passed that grants an Artificial Intelligence system the power to instantly “reform” anyone deemed a threat to society.
In the near-future where we are monitored every minute of every day, a law is passed that grants an Artificial Intelligence system the power to instantly “reform” anyone deemed a threat to society.
Sweeton's Shangri-La. Horror (11 pages).
When a couple go on a romantic picnic in the woods, they never thought they'd become something else's picnic.
When a couple go on a romantic picnic in the woods, they never thought they'd become something else's picnic.
Envy's Revenge. Science Fiction Romance (23 pages).
Hiding in the shadowy bogs outside Mech City, Envy kills anyone who comes near. It has been years since she felt anything other than hatred. That is, until the Hunter comes for her. A man with dark desires and darker secrets, he unleashes his own brand of seduction too strong to resist. And she wouldn’t dream of it.
Hiding in the shadowy bogs outside Mech City, Envy kills anyone who comes near. It has been years since she felt anything other than hatred. That is, until the Hunter comes for her. A man with dark desires and darker secrets, he unleashes his own brand of seduction too strong to resist. And she wouldn’t dream of it.