The making of Ryker's Challenge
Today I added some of Marlijne’s biography and added a face to her name. She’s completely nude in this picture, and her body jewelry is not for the faint of heart. So if nudity is offensive to you, I respect that. Please respect my need to show you what one of my main characters looks Read more….
So I’m writing Marlijne’s Diary in Scrivener. As I’m used to. Scrivener is great. Scrivener is the best. Ok, I’m quite good at Word. I could use Notion for writing as well. It’s great. I even could use Ywriter or Google Docs. But I’m writing in Scrivener. Because I like the program. But I’m writing Read more….
I already know I’m getting caught in the same trap. Han Jansz. van Meegeren always makes this mistake. Over and over again. To begin a novel without even a hint of an outline. So I wanted to write Ryker’s Challenge, I even outlined it, for crying out loud, and yet. On impulse. I started to Read more….
As you can see in the outline for Ryker’s Challenge I have an idea where this story might lead up to. But I want the story to have a good mentor role. Obviously Marlijne is not only his teacher (she changed from an English teacher to a Math teacher by the way) but I want Read more….
So, I changed my goal for Nanowrimo this year. I’ve been writing a bit in Marlijne’s Diary, and found out that this is my chance to work out most of the backstory, without needing an info-dump in Ryker’s Challenge. All writers advise not to write too much backstory, and as I have this website as Read more….
Today I added four pages of Marlijne’s Diary. As I’m writing Ryker’s Challenge I add quite minimal back story. Most of that back story you’ll find in Marlijne’s Diary pages. She writes about the six years he’s her student in school. We can see from her perspective how she deals with Ryker’s girlfriends, his parents, Read more….
Ok, ok. You guys asked me to add a subscribe button, so whenever I posted a new post you would be notified. It took me a full day and some six plug-ins. I installed them. I tried them. I threw them in the bin. Until I found MailPoet. It was mmm. Not easy to use, Read more….
A Monopoly Kink variant. But not just any, I think I made quite a nice one. Have a look! Read more….
I took a moment today to update my personal details. The name Han Jansz. van Meegeren is obviously not my own, but what is the reason I took on this pseudonym? It’s all explained in my about Han page.