Chase Gamwell

Category: Writing

  • Finally, an update!

    It has been a while since I last had an opportunity to update Storm at Sea, but that’s because things have been going well. VERY well. I’ve gotten some beta feedback on Infinity’s Heir that has been generally good. Based on the feedback, I’ll most likely start another revision, but…

  • NaNoWriMo 2016 and a big Thank You

    National Novel Writing Month is here again! It’s crazy to think that this time last year I was working on Over the Edge. And now, a year later, I have another novel under my belt (Infinity’s Heir) and a third in the works (an untitled YA novel). Over the past…

  • Partial Request for Infinity’s Heir!

    Back in September, I sent out some queries for Infinity’s Heir as part of a submission event. And I got a partial request from one of those submissions. It’s been with the agent for a bit now and I’m not expecting to hear back for a few months, but I’m excited.…

  • New Blog Site – Game Over!

    I started Storm at Sea to write about writing, but the more I post here, the more I find that other stuff is starting to bleed into the original purpose of the site. Specifically with regards to video games. So in an effort to keep the original goal of this…

  • The First Page or: How I Learned to Catch (and Hold?) a Reader’s Interest

    The first page of a novel is, arguably, the most important. An author only has a few paragraphs to grab the reader’s attention, so first pages must be nothing short of perfect. They have to effectively set up the world, introduce characters, intrigue the reader, and do all of this without seeming…

  • Busy Weeks

    I’m all over the place right now… Since my last cluster of posts, the landscape of my writing has changed quite a bit. I still plan on editing Over the Edge again, but that’s on the back burner right now. This is because I’ve spend the last few weeks doing…

  • New YA Manuscript in the works!

    Last week, I started writing a new manuscript. It’s based off of a Flash Fiction story I wrote called “The Octavius Job” (which you can read here). The manuscript is going to be a prequel to that story and I’m very excited about it. This will be my first foray…

  • One More Time

    Yesterday, I was considering retiring Over the Edge. Today, I’ve started another edit of the manuscript. This morning, I looked at my (still massive) query list for the novel and decided that I can do better. I might not be the best writer (and I certainly have a whole lot more…

  • Over the Edge Lives!

    I found I still have a ton of agents to query. I’m not sure how I missed that fact, but Over the Edge lives on for a bit, at least. Wish me luck…

  • Flash Fiction Prompt – Becoming (1000 words max)

    Note: This is kind of a strange one. I have no idea where it came from, but the prompt pulled whatever THIS thing is out of my brain. Hope you enjoy it.  Read the Fine Print (499 words) – written 9/14/2016 1 This is totally not home. It’s a ship…