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37 of my books for only $20

Hi, all, Apologies for letting this blog go dark for so long. I've moved all news-related items (book announcements, etc.) to my newsletter, which you can find here. Today's… https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/37-my-books-only-20/

Book Breakdown: Long Live Mortal Kombat: Round 1

Welcome to another book breakdown, a postmortem blog in which I discuss the process of writing one of my books and give an overview of its content. This book breakdown focuses on … https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-long-live-mortal-kombat-round-1/

Book Breakdown: "Point of Fate" (final draft)

Welcome to another book breakdown, a blog in which I discuss the process of writing a particular draft of one of my books and give an overview of content. POINT OF FATE released i… https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-point-fate-final-draft/

Book Breakdown: "Shovel Knight"

Welcome to another book breakdown, a blog in which I discuss the process of writing a particular draft of one of my books and give an overview of content. SHOVEL KNIGHT published … https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-shovel-knight/

Book Breakdown: "Beneath a Starless Sky"

Welcome to another book breakdown, a blog in which I discuss the process of writing a particular draft of one of my books and give an overview of content. This book breakdown focu… https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-beneath-starless-sky/

Book Breakdown: Rocket Jump

I discuss the process of writing Rocket Jump, my "article-book" for Shacknews.
Welcome to another book breakdown, a blog in which I discuss the process of writing a particular draft of one of my books and give an overview of content. This book breakdown focu… https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-rocket-jump/

"Book" Breakdown – 'Doom: To Hell and Back' on Shacknews

A feature I wrote for Shacknews, Doom: To Hell and Back, went live today, and it's roughly the size of a book: nearly 40,000 words. So let's talk about it!
Welcome to another book breakdown, a blog in which I discuss the process of writing a particular draft of one of my books and give an overview of content—except I won't be breakin… https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-doom-hell-and-back-shacknews/

Chronicles of Craddock: 2016

a yearly blog in which I give a brutally honest look back at my writing year that was and offer a glimpse into what I'll be working on in the year that will be... or "is," in this case.
Welcome to the 2016 edition of Chronicles of Craddock, a yearly blog in which I give a brutally honest look back at my writing year that was—good, bad, and ugly—and offer a glimps… https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/chronicles-craddock-2016/

Book Breakdown: POINT OF FATE: BOOK 2 OF THE GAIRDEN CHRONICLES, Draft 3 (!)

This book breakdown centers on POINT OF FATE, the sequel to HERITAGE, my fantasy novel for young adults.
Welcome to another book breakdown, a blog in which I discuss the process of writing a particular draft of one of my books, give an overview of content, and share nerdy statistics … https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-point-fate-book-2-gairden-chronicles-draft-3/

Book Breakdown: BREAK OUT, Draft 1

A look at the first draft of my book chronicling the history of some Apple II games.
Stick a fork in it – the first draft of BREAK OUT, my hardcover book on the history of Apple II games, is done.   In fact, BREAK OUT has been done for nearly a month. Most w… https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-break-out-draft-1/

Chronicles of Craddock: 2015

A review of what I wrote in 2015, and a look at what I'm writing now and will be writing in the future.
Welcome Welcome to the inaugural edition of Chronicles of Craddock, what I hope will be an annual review of my writing projects for the past 12 months, and a taste of the project… https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/chronicles-craddock-2015/

Dungeon Hacks: Postmortem

A look back at the good, the bad, and the ugly of DUNGEON HACKS.
Welcome to the postmortem for DUNGEON HACKS, and my first blog in approximately 5 months. I apologize for that. The site collected dust, and that's on me. My excuse used to be tha… https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/dungeon-hacks-postmortem/

Book Breakdown: Dungeon Hacks, Final Draft

A blow-by-blow breakdown of the writing of the final draft of Dungeon Hacks.
Welcome to another edition of Book Breakdown. My goal with these articles is to demonstrate how books change from first draft to final draft. Today's topic: Dungeon Hacks, my upco… https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-dungeon-hacks-final-draft/

Book Breakdown: DUNGEON H@CKS, Draft 1

In book breakdowns, author David L. Craddock analyzes the contents, structure, process, and statistics involved in writing a complete draft of a book.
[In book breakdowns, author David L. Craddock analyzes the contents, structure, process, and statistics involved in writing a complete draft of a book. The goal of a book breakdow… https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-dungeon-hcks-draft-1/