Simon Haynes, author of the Hal Spacejock series, has a wonderful article up on his site entitled "Getting unstuck." I ran across it while gathering items for the July newsletter, and I thought I'd pass it along. It contains concrete suggestions on the process of writing a novel, the article is blissfully compact, and the advice in it is both sound and direct. I highly recommend it.

I also highly recommend his article entitled "How to plot your novel." This is the first article I've run across with specific details on how to go about the task, including a link to the free, open source software he uses to help him in the process, and some actual screen shots of a work in progress to show you how it looks.

When I saw it, I thought, "My God! This is brilliant!" See what you think...