Cape Split Press

03/06/2025

Cape Split Press author David A. Wismett’s May newsletter is online at tinyurl.com/dwnl2505fb. In this issue: Preparing to attend the Austin Film Festival and pitch a sci-fi TV pilot, writing crowd scenes, review of Get Your Story Straight by screenwriter Diane Drake.

19/05/2025

When writing a story, every word in a sentence needs to be important, otherwise it has no place in being there. This requires word crafting, a process that starts with the first draft and is thoughtfully combed through in subsequent drafts.

Think of the pictures and emotions words convey to readers. Look for action verbs to emphasize the feat.
You could write, “Firefighters ran quickly into the burning building to rescue the child.” Though this sentence gives a sense of urgency, it’s generic. People run in races and “run to the store” to buy bread. The adverb quickly could paint different pictures to different readers.

To give a sense of a firefighter risking life and limb to save someone, we can look for words that match urgency, danger and dedication. “Desperation consumed the firefighters as they fought through the inferno in hope the the child was still alive.”
Here, the word desperation shows their emotional states. The word consumed serves two purposes. It give the sense of the intensity of the emotion and hints at the flames that could consume them and the child. They don’t just run through the flames, they fight their way through. We again get an emotional reaction in the word hope. Both the danger and the possible failure of their mission is emphasized with the words still alive.

When a sentence conveys more than one things, a deeper picture is painted and readers become more involved in the story and the lives of the characters.

12/05/2025

Cape Split Press author David A. Wimsett’s April monthly missive is online at https://tinyurl.com/dsnl202504fp. In this issue: The first editorial review of his children’s picture book Santa is a Cat – Writing tip: Make every word count – A review of Only About Love by Debbi Voisey.

27/04/2025

There’s a wonderful bookstore in Windsor Nova Scotia named Readers Haven at 173 Gerrish Street (https://www.facebook.com/usedbooks03/). The owner, Wendy Geddes, established Readers Haven 21 years ago. She has thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles. It’s a warm, welcoming space to visit and peruse a wide variety of titles. Wendy is now stocking several of Cape Split Press author David A. Wimsett’s books including the illustrated edition of Beyond the Shallow Bank, set in 1901 Nova Scotia with rumours of the selkies from Celtic mythology, and The Carandir Saga epic fantasy trilogy consisting of Dragons Unremembered, Half Awakened Dreams and Covenant With the Dragons. The characters must find their strengths and overcome weaknesses in an immersive world filled with battles, action, political intrigue, lost legends, forgotten lands, diverse cultures and music.

10/04/2025

Cape Split author David A. Wimsett's latest monthly missive is online at https://tinyurl.com/dwns2503fc. In this issue: A second picture book, linking scenes with cause and effect, review of Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili.

27/03/2025

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04/02/2025

Capr Split Press author David A. Wimsett will be at the Wolfville Farmers' Market Feb 8th and 15th with my novels and short story collection to celebrate Valentines Day. Come on out. I'd love to see you.

29/01/2025

Cape Split Press author David A. Wimsett's latest monthly missive is available online at https://tinyurl.com/dwns1224. In this issue: A New Year – Acting can enhance your writing – Review of Agency by William Gibson.

09/12/2024

Cape Split Press author David A. Wimsett’s latest newsletter is available online at https://tinyurl.com/dwns241011. In this issue: New Awards – Emotion and thought as dialogue tags – Review of Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari.

27/10/2024

Unexpected Consequences, a collection of short science fiction and fantasy tales from David A. Wimsett and published by Cape Split Press, was a triple winner at The BookFest Awards in Los Angeles this week. Something on My Mind, which explores a world where AI has no controls won a gold medal for Sci-Fi Robots, Computers & AI and a silver medal for Sci-Fi Crime & Mystery. The collection also won a gold medal for Sci-Fi Space Exploration for the short story The Old Country that considers the ethics of bringing unborn children to colonize a planet they didn’t ask to go to. The URL below leads to the official announcement.

Join in the quest for new stories at your soon-to-be favorite book festival. Black Chateau Enterprise and Books That Make You bring you The BookFest.

08/10/2024

The Swiss Chalet restaurant chain in Canada has moved from plastic to compostable cardboard take-put containers. Kudos to them for helping to reduce plastic waste and still deliver a quality product.

01/10/2024

Cape Split Press author David A. Wimsett’s TV pilot, The Connection Trap, won Best SciFi Screenplay at the Cambridge Script Festival for the Summer of 2024. It takes place in a world where every person is linked to a vast network called The Connection by devices implanted in their brains. Artificial intelligence robots produce and deliver all goods and services directly to apartments. The robots have done so for so long humans have forgotten how to provide for themselves, even to grow food. The robots create virtual reality meeting places where people's brain links override their senses so they experience the digital world as physical. Robots write and produce all entertainment, including cerbdramas where people are immersed in the stories. No one leaves their homes or meets in person. They use the connection. But they guard everything they think and say because Central Control is always listening. No one wants to be branded a subversive. A police detective discovers a conspiracy, but not the one he expected. The pilot is based on his 2017 novelette Something on My mind published by Cape Split Press.