As someone who occasionally reads and writes fantasy and has a great appreciation for fantasy RPGs, it’s hard not to acknowledge how important J.R.R. Tolkien’s contribution to the literary (and entertainment) world have been. From D&D to Nethack to Harry Potter to the Final Fantasy series, Tolkien’s work has influenced nearly every aspect of high […]
4 Areas to Increase Conflict in Your Story
I was looking over one of my unfinished pieces of fiction, trying to figure out what exactly was wrong with it before taking it down the path of becoming a finished piece of fiction and one thought kept popping into my head: “This is boring.” That’s a rather painful realization to have about a work-in-progress, […]
A new look at revisions
I’ve been feeling a little down about writing stuff for the last few days. Not a big deal, and that’s the not point of this post. But to state it simply, I was looking over my WIP folder and everything there seemed like crap. And then I started thinking about some novels I started and […]
Five Links Friday 1/19/18
Time again for another 5 Links Friday: The best articles I read about writing this week. Enjoy! 1. Let’s start off this week on a positive note. Author friends can help critique, inspire, and commiserate. Here are 5 Tips Find Author Friends by Deanna Chase from J.A. Huss. 2. Sometimes it’s okay to take a […]
How to be financially prepared to write full time
“Don’t quit your day job” is about the most insulting thing a person can say to someone who has been pursuing their passion for art, music, or writing. That sentence basically tells the creative person: “You’re not good enough. So shut up and go back to office job and die a little bit on the […]
Don’t be so passive
So I’m sitting there looking at my folder of short story WIPs and a voice kept calling out to me saying: You need to publish another book. And it’s true. I do. The only problem is that to publish one means I need to finish one. I have a folder of novel WIPs and ideas […]
Does it make more financial sense to self-publish?
Welcome to 2018. I hope you’re all having a great one. I wanted to start of this post by addressing a somewhat common theme among certain writing communities. And that is that authors who write commercial fiction are “only in it for the money” and are therefore bad people since “writing for money” is bad. […]
Reader Email: Self Publishing Options
One of my favorite things about this blog is having the opportunity to interact with readers, whether through email, or on my social media sites. The business of writing can be a scary thing and I like to hope I can help newer writers find the answers they are looking for. So I thought it […]
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