Author Archives: Walt Shiel
How Do You Write Fiction?
During my Military Writers Society of America weekend forum last month, we had a lot of discussion about how to write fiction. Some of the nonfiction writers suggested that writing fiction was very different from writing nonfiction. I’ve never bought into that idea. Continue reading
Weekly Freebie
This week, my weekly Freebie is a chapter from “Once A Knight: A Novel of Aerial Combat and Romance in World War I,” published in 2010 and awarded a Bronze Medal in the Historical Fiction category of the Military Writers Society of America 2011 Annual Book Awards. Continue reading
Filed under fiction, Walt's books
“Rough War” A Finalist
My World War II pilot memoir/biography “​Rough War: The Combat Story of Lt. Paul J. Eastman, A ‘Burma Banshee’ P-40 and P-47 Pilot​” was a finalist in the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. I just received this certificate today. Continue reading
Filed under history, Walt's books
Stay Off That Bench!
While waiting for my daughter to have her driver’s license renewed at the Secretary of State’s office in Houghton, MI, I noticed this sign. It is placed right at the entrance to the office, and the sign is hung up on the inside of their window. Continue reading
Filed under Michigan's UP, Rambling Ruminations
Second Person Narrative Fiction
Recently, there has been a bit of discussion about the use of a second-person point-of-view narrative in fiction on the excellent Self-Publishing Yahoo Group. I made the comment that second person POV is a difficult thing to do well, particularly for a complete novel. Continue reading
