My little guy isn’t so little anymore, as he just turned six. It’s great to see him growing up and so much fun watching him learn and teach his younger siblings everything he knows about the world. But he wasn’t always a big brother. There was that small amount of time where it was just […]
Building a Story From the Bottom Up
So maybe I’m a terrible person, but in the distant past I used to kind of (silently) make fun of those writers who would talk about getting so hung up on world-building that they haven’t even begun their book yet. I was like, What the Hell? World-building? How boring is that? Just shut up and […]
Five Links Friday 5/26/17
Hey, it’s Friday again! Hope you had a good and productive week. My recovery from the accident isn’t going as quickly as I hoped and I’m still a little slow and pained out in a lot of places, so a good collective “Awww” would be nice 🙂 Anyhow, on to the links! 1. Here’s an […]
Worldbuilding things I hadn’t thought about before
I’m in the very early stages of planning a fantasy trilogy. It’s been running through my head for a while now, but life and other projects just keep getting in the way. (Note that I’m not complaining about that stuff. A writer’s life involves a constant juggling of priorities between the family, day job, and […]
Five Links Friday 5/12/17
Another busy week is in the books. And speaking of books, I started listening to the first book of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series in the car. I haven’t read that type of fantasy in decades, and so far it’s not too bad. I’ll give it a chance for a couple of books and […]
Five things that will pull a reader out of your story
One of our most important jobs as writers is to create a product that will allow our readers to suspend disbelief while they enter the worlds we create long enough to consider them real places with real people doing real things. In order to achieve this, we have to be careful to make sure we […]
A Short Look at Three Authors I Liked Growing Up
While I’ve never really been the type of writer to loudly proclaim which famous authors influences me, I don’t mind sharing a few of favorites. Sure, I’ve mentioned Stephen King and John Green like a million times here, but they aren’t the only ones I enjoy reading. Here are three (actually four) others worth mentioning. […]
Five Links Friday 3/3/17
First Friday of March! Hope yours a good one. Here’s another batch of Five Links Friday for ya! 1. Let’s start with a little look at mystery with a post by Mary Gillgannon at RMFW, The Thrill of the Unexpected. 2. I follow a lot of authors on Twitter, but nothing gets me to unfollow […]