Chase Gamwell

Category: Writing

  • Midnight Oil

    I haven’t updated the blog since Revpit because I’ve bent all my creative energy towards the latest edit of Infinity’s Heir. And it’s coming along quite nicely. Since I’m no longer going to Canada next week, I should have time to detail a lot of what I’ve been doing to…

  • The Saga of #RevPit 2018

    I submitted Infinity’s Heir to Revpit 2018 on a whim. When I read about the contest, I had all but retired Infinity’s Heir. It wasn’t that I didn’t believe in the manuscript – I did and still do – but it seemed like one of those projects that languishes in…

  • #Revpit 2018

    I submitted Infinity’s Heir to the #Revpit twitter contest this year. I’m waiting on feedback (which is why the blog has been silent), but have a post planned for early next week. Stay tuned…this one is going to be good!

  • Weathering the Storm: Exposition

    As a writer, I have an unquenchable desire to put as many words to paper as possible. The resulting stories are often painstakingly overwrought, swollen by details that overshadow everything within: the narrative, the characters, and even the world. Every one of the novels I’ve crafted has been plagued by this surplus…

  • Video blogs?! Streaming?!

    So…I’ve been thinking a lot about what I can do to make Storm at Sea a little bit more robust. I believe the current content is good, but want to avoid rehashing the same material over and over as I write, and query, new novels. To that end, I’ve considered…

  • Flash Fiction Prompt – Prank, Chocolate, or Flesh (50 words max)

    This bit of flash fiction is loosely based on the novel I just started writing. Hope you enjoy! Navigator (50 words) – written 4/4/2018 The body was a container for a mind: more fragile than silicone, yet more malleable for it. And far more capable of computing a course between…

  • The Writing Process of Aiko’s Dive

    In the past, I’ve talked a lot about the origin of Aiko’s Dive. But, as many times as I’ve mentioned where the novel came from, I’ve never talked about how it was created. At only 1000 words long, the original flash fiction piece was far less than a complete concept.…

  • Crafting a Query Letter (for Aiko’s Dive)

    If you’ve been reading Storm at Sea for the long haul, you know I’ve done my fair share of research on how to write a good query letter. And while Over the Edge and Infinity’s Heir have met with limited success (one full and one partial, respectively), it never managed to translate into consistent…

  • First update of 2018!

    Hey everyone! It’s been forever since I’ve provided an update, but there’s a reason for that: I have a new job! I started a new position (at a new company) at the end of November 2017 , and, since then, I’ve been insanely busy on all fronts. Training and travel…

  • Introducing Aiko’s Dive

    Remember that YA sci-fi novel I started working on a little over a year ago? It’s finally done! The manuscript is tentatively titled Aiko’s Dive and tells the story of how Aiko and Fletcher, characters from a work of flash fiction called The Octavius Job, become acquainted. I’m still terrible…