Frank M. Anderson's Writing

Author: Videosta

  • What’s in a name?

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    You may have noticed that I’ve chosen to put F.M. Anderson on my book when I publish it. I wanted to talk a little about about why I made that choice, because there are a number of benefits that I see. First, I figure that would keep people guessing as to my gender-if they don’t…

  • Friday Update

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    32009 / 50000 words. 64% done! I have finished the re-write of the end. What I had before was a non-ending. While I didn’t want to fall into the happy ending trap that nearly every book has, I just wasn’t satisfied with what I had written. It was basically a cut off after a major…

  • Still working on sample cover art.

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    This is the latest version. I am going to clear up some of the edges to remove the white around some of the title cards. I am pretty happy with it so far.

  • Word Count

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    27229 / 50000 words. 54% done!

  • Finished The End, Now I Gotta Write The Rest!

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    62 pages, 22,094 words. The last third of the book is done. Now, I have to go back and finish the first third and write the middle of the book. I am pretty happy with the ending, although I think it will need the most tweaks of anything I have written yet in the book…

  • Heaven

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zNdMc6wGtU This is one of those songs I would have put on the playlist if I wanted to be more literal in my track choice.

  • Empire Moves, Slowly But Surely.

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    I have been driving my Facebook pals crazy with almost daily short updates on the progress I am making. So far, I am blowing my 5 pages a day goal out of the water. But, more importantly, I am happy with what I have. Things have changed a bit from the planning stages to what…

  • Empire, Nevada Revisited

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    http://vimeo.com/37986583 I found this interesting video on vimeo.com. I think it gives an intriguing glace at the mindset of someone that I assume was an Empire resident. I hope I can make guys like this proud of my book, although I am sure parts of it might be painful for them to read.

  • The Empire, Nevada Playlist

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    When I started forming the idea for this novel, I wanted to find music that set the tone I wanted for the book. I was looking for songs that had a lithe quality, but with a hint of darkness around their borders. I worked on finding the right combination for a few hours, and have…

  • The first post, the first lines.

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    Empire, Nevada Blog Thank you for checking out my blog. I will be posting updates here as I continue to work on this novel. I have the story completely mapped out. I am tinkering with some characters and still deciding what should be shown versus what should be hidden from the reader until the end.…

  • Moved my site.

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    I moved my site from Squarespace to WordPress due to monetary concerns.