Monthly Archives: June 2010

May go ahead without a title

Sometimes a great title comes to you in a flash. Sometimes it requires the Gulf Coast Jones Act to procure one from one’s stuck mind. Sometimes you just need to start writing and let the title reveal itself as you progress through the process of writing the novel. The latter looks like it’ll be the …

June 26, 2010 – 9:25 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in creativity | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Introducing Things

One novelist once said that you needed to introduce character and conflict as early in the novel as possible to gain your reader’s trust to stick through the length of a novel with you. While I can’t quite put a digital frame on it, I can say that I’ve been thinking a lot about how …

June 25, 2010 – 2:00 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

In Search of a Catchy Title

Readers of this blog know by now that I’m working on a new novel project. Well, I started a new one, that is, after I found out someone in Hollywood had already created their own concept called “30 Minutes Or Less.” Oh well… The problem now is this: I’ve vowed not to share the title …

June 25, 2010 – 1:55 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Leaning toward crime-solving Messianic Rabbi series

Well, I’m back in town, well-rested after a long, fishing-centric vacation that took years to achieve. And after a lot of time out on the lake fishing, I didn’t get a chance to write anything, but I do believe that, at least for now, I’m leaning toward putting my Pizza Deliver Mystery series on hold …

June 6, 2010 – 12:23 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in creativity | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)