One of the most common (and difficult) questions I’m asked is “What do you write?” My answer goes something like this: “Uh…well…stuff…horror, I guess. Maybe sci-f, but not hard sci-fi. And fantasy! But not high fantasy. Urban fantasy? Maybe? But no vampires. Unless it’s horror. But my novel is Young Adult. Kind of paranormal. Only […]
Aliens, Ghosts, and Cryptids (oh my)
I thought I’d try something new here. I was doing some brainstorming and after one thing led to another, I got wondering just how many ghost stories have I written. How many about aliens & UFOs? How many about physic phenomena or dreams? The majority of my short stories and my novel include some sort […]
Podcast Episode 48 – NaNoWriMo Encouragement
In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason goes solo and shares some thoughts on what to do if you’re having trouble staying on schedule with NaNoWriMo. Relevant Links: NaNoWriMo, Holy Fudgesicles About the hosts Jason Bougger lives in Omaha, Nebraska with his wife and kids. He is the author of the YA […]
Writing Flash Fiction Makes You A Better Writer
I was going to begin this post with the sentence “I haven’t written much flash fiction,” but I went and counted and see that I’ve published five flash fiction stories, and also have one more scheduled to be published this fall. So actually, nearly one-fourth of my published short stories have been flash fiction. I […]
Why you should attend a book fair (even if you don’t sell any books)
Last weekend, local book sellers, authors, and publishers got together to brave the (seemingly) 115 degree Nebraska weather and put on a book festival. It was the Nebraska Book Festival 2017, and it was a really cool event, even with the terrible heat. I attended and was stationed at the Nebraska Writers Guild table. We […]
The most used words in my novels
The other day I told someone an submission editor at a place I sent something to counted the number of “that”s on the first page and included that in the rejection now. I just remembered that I was wrong. The word he counted was “was”. And the number was 34. Even in this small post […]
Podcast Episode 37 – On the Agent Hunt
In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott talk about the process of seeking a literary agent to represent your novel, including writing a query letter and a synopsis. Relevant links: QueryTracker.net, Writer’s Digest, Holy Fudgesicles Click the link below to stream the episode. Also available at iTunes, Soundcloud, RSS and […]
My first author talk (Also: embrace your local writing and art scene)
On Sunday I had my first solo author talk. I spoke on the business of writing at Red Path Gallery & Tasting Room in Seward, NE. My previous speaking engagements had been limited to sitting on panels at a few science fiction conventions, where I had a least one other author to share the spotlight […]
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