August 31, 2012July 21, 2020Uncategorized We Still Need Books You’d think with the awesomeness that is Google we could do all the research for our books online. Yeah, I thought that too and […] Read more
August 4, 2012July 21, 2020Uncategorized Annoying Protagonist Kills Story Can’t sell a story based on premise alone. Maybe it’s just me. I don’t care how good the story sounds or how well written […] Read more
July 30, 2012July 21, 2020Uncategorized Can’t. See. Story There’s a lot to be said about a writer’s imagination but sometimes I have trouble seeing the things I put in my […] Read more
July 14, 2012July 21, 2020Uncategorized Reader Profile An author needs to create a reader profile to focus their marketing efforts. I’ve heard this so many times. You don’t want […] Read more
July 7, 2012July 21, 2020Uncategorized Excuse Me While I Pull My Hair Out Ever had a moment where you loved the overall idea of your scene or blog post but hated the way it was […] Read more
June 29, 2012July 21, 2020Uncategorized Epic Roadblocks It seems the more epic the story is the more roadblocks you run into. It’s usually one mountain of a roadblock too. […] Read more
June 22, 2012July 21, 2020Uncategorized Becoming a Better Writer (Poster) I generally avoid posts titled 10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer but this time, I made an exception (don’t know why) and found this […] Read more
May 18, 2012July 29, 2021Fantasy World Building, Fantasy Writing Tips Dark Fantasy World Building: Powers For the moment, I’ve stopped working on my second novel, as often, to focus on filling the holes in my world. I’m […] Read more
May 15, 2012July 21, 2020Uncategorized Dark Fantasy World Building: History According to Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, when mapping out the history of your Fantasy world you should think about: “How far […] Read more
May 9, 2012July 21, 2020Uncategorized The Dark Side of Popularity How many times have you said or heard someone say they didn’t go near a book because of all the hype? You’d […] Read more