While working on the third Roc Rider novel, I recently found myself in the position of trying to figure out how a blind person could determine which direction is north without asking a sighted person. The short answer: they mostly can’t. At least, not very Read More …
This may be my blog, but I’m not the only cool writer out there! Today we’re going to hear from another fantasy author who happens to be a good friend of mine as well, Helen M. Pugsley. Hailing from a Wyoming town with a whooping Read More …
There is a rather irksome fact of life when you’re a fiction writer: sometimes, you will have to write scenes that make you uncomfortable. Let me be clear: I’m NOT saying writers need to be willing to craft scenes they find morally or ethically objectionable, Read More …
Do you ever think back on a book that you read in years past and find you remember, more than the story or the writing itself, the experience of reading it? Such is often the case when we reminisce about books from childhood. As a Read More …
Ideas are a dime a dozen. It’s what you do with them that counts. Writers and business people have touted some variation of the above for, well, probably as long as there have been writers and business people, if we’re being perfectly honest. But what Read More …
I have a cool voice. There, I said it! I don’t often blatantly brag on myself, but yeah, I have a pretty cool voice. It’s why kids like listening to me at story time with my library job. It’s one of the reasons people like Read More …
If there is one universal truth about writers attending their first conference, it’s that they tend to be intimidated beyond the capacity for rational thought. Heck, the first few tend to be that way, particularly if you’re a young writer. And how could they not, Read More …
As many of you know, friend and fellow author Lindsay Schopfer hosts an annual Fan Art Contest for his fans. (If you don’t know that, you should check out the awesome art that’s been produced for it here.) On the off chance you require more Read More …
There will be pain… and that pain will be worth it. The above is advice that I think every writer needs to hear because so often we find ourselves buying into the myth that “real art” should flow easily. That it should come through us Read More …
As you may be aware, some good friends and I recently started an actual-play podcast, Red Desert Role Play, featuring our ongoing Table Top RPG campaign “The Fog of Verrilan”. We’ve been getting some nice feedback from listeners and, just in case you aren’t one Read More …
