Author Archives: Dan Alatorre AUTHOR

We have addressed hundreds of writing related topics here on the blog; use the search button to find the ones you need. I’ve been watching a TV show/miniseries about the Unabomber, and it’s basically told from the point of view of the FBI agent who ultimately got enough information together to capture Ted Kaczynski. AsContinue reading “Writing Rule #1: Tension Drives Stories”

Oh, yeah. I earned me some turkey.  

I AM ON FIRE! I just finished writing a scene/chapter that was about 3200 words long, AND I LOVE IT!!! It’s fun to be excited about writing a book. Even if I have a cold that’s filled the wastepaper basket by my desk with used tissues. I’m being incredibly prolific, even for me. I’m notContinue reading “16,665! BOOYAH!”

I had to rewrite about 2,000 words of my latest medical thriller today. I had this great scene, and I said, this happens, then this, then THIS… what  great plot twist! What a cool surprise! Readers will love that! Then I realized I had people speaking Ukrainian when they were supposed to be in London.Continue reading “13,500 Words. I’m Slacking!”

Just thought you might wanna know. I’m also suffering from a ridiculous head cold that seems determined to take over my nose and throat. Not my lungs. The lungs are fine. But everything else, forget it. Undeterred, I soldier on. I hate to brag or make estimates. Actually I don’t hate to do either… ButContinue reading “Terminal sequence = 12 K as of yesterday”

The new book is now at a whopping 7,596 words after two days! I gotta admit, having logged almost 5500 yesterday, only doing another 2k seemed a little… meek. But I wrote out an impromptu 1500 word “fat” outline, fleshing out the major plot points and laying out the subplots. Then I emailed it toContinue reading “Terminal Sequence now at 7,596 words!”

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What Amazon says Geneticist Lanaya Kim must do what authorities haven’t – tie together the “accidental” deaths of several prominent scientists around the country to show they were actually murdered. Over the past two years, geneticists have died in what appear to be accidents, but Lanaya knows otherwise. If she…

 The 3rd book in the much acclaimed The Gamma Sequence series was started today, at about 9am.   TERMINAL SEQUENCE I wrote 3 chapters and over 5500 words. Not bad, eh? I bet I get over 10k for the weekend, or about 1/6th to 1/8th of the whole book! That would be cool… Wanna readContinue reading “I started writing a new book today”

I decided to give my medical thriller series a makeover, so we retired the original covers and hired an artist to make professional ones. They will be appearing on the books very soon. Here’s The Gamma Sequence cover, new (L) and old (R):   Then, of course, we had to follow that look for theContinue reading “Rogue Elements Cover Voting”

Alycea Snyder is a board member of the Tampa Writers Alliance and a fellow author. I watched her presentation on writing last night. Here are a few things to consider. First of all, Alycea is an avid reader. She’s very smart. When it comes to the writing process a lot of you are struggling with,Continue reading “Great, Great, GREAT Writing Tips (That I Stole From Alycea K. Snyder)”