Mark MeierOct 5, 20221 min readWordsI love ‘em. I love finding new ones, inventing them, and twisting existing words in a fun way. For example, in The Archives I’m using a...
Mark MeierJul 4, 20221 min readThe ArchivesMy first novel in The Archives is coming along nicely. When I say it's the first, I don't mean chronologically. This is not the first...
Mark MeierMay 31, 20221 min readThe ArchivesThere’s a movie version of Frank Herbert’s Dune that came out back in the 1980s. Personally, I really liked the David Lynch’s...
Mark MeierJul 21, 20202 min readAm I A Convert?A little over a week ago I wrote a post about outlining, and this morning I may have turned into a born-again outliner. I’ve been...
Mark MeierJul 13, 20202 min readOutline? Outline!I watched a video this morning of Stephen King saying something like this: “Outlines are the hallmark of a bad writer.” That’s not the...
Mark MeierJul 8, 20202 min readA brief history of Iseabail The first settlements around the red dwarf star of Iseabail have been lost to antiquity. Suffice it to say, the larger city of Tzurel...
Mark MeierJun 17, 20202 min readNeora - 2680I find it somewhat funny what people remember. About a decade ago I tried writing a story that would now fit into my “Purple Crypt” book...
Mark MeierJun 1, 20202 min readPurple CryptPurple Crypt I’ve been working through a lot of issues in my plot line for the project Purple Crypt. In case you’ve missed earlier...
Mark MeierMay 28, 20202 min readSomethingiumFor those who don’t know, Purple Crypt is a code name for a series I’ve been planning. And just because I have written barely anything in...