Questions 23: Spotting Clichés - The Every Day Novelist

jdsawyer Nanocast February 6, 2016 January 26, 2016

Sgt Mike asks:
How do you spot clichés when you don’t know what the clichés are?

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After a childhood in academia, J. Daniel Sawyer declared his independence by dropping out of high school and setting off on a series of adventures in the bowels of the film industry, the venture capital culture of silicon valley, surfing safaris, bohemians, burners, historians, theologians, adventurers, climbers, drug dealers, gangbangers, and inventors before his past finally caught up to him. Trapped in a world bookended by one wall falling in Berlin and other walls going up around suburbia and along national borders throughout the world, he rediscovered his deep love of history and, with it, and obsession with predicting the future as it grew aggressively out of the past. To date, this obsession has yielded over thirty books and innumerable short stories, the occasional short film, nearly a dozen podcasts stretching over a decade and a half, and a career creating novels and audiobooks exploring the world through the lens of his own peculiar madness, in the depths of his own private forest in a rural exile, where he uses the quiet to write, walk on the beach, and manage a production company that brings innovative stories to the ears of audiences across the world. For news and free stories, sign up for his occasional newsletter. Or find his contact info, podcasts, and more on his home page at http://www.jdsawyer.net

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Managing large worlds. I write science fiction and my universe is growing exponentially, how do I manage it so I am consistent and accurate? I’m finding I spend way too much time going through note cards etc trying to keep things straight in my head!

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February 9, 2016 at 3:04 am 8 years ago

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How does one go about selecting the best cover art for their books? I mean the logistics of it, such as where to find the art rather than which art to pick.

jrhandleyblog

February 9, 2016 at 3:07 am 8 years ago

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