Five Lessons from Fifteen Years of Publishing

Five Lessons from Fifteen Years of Publishing

by | Jul 7, 2019 | Blog, Life, Writing

Time has a strange way of sneaking up on you. So often you’ll see someone exclaiming on social media, “What? It’s July already? What happened to June, or May, or April for that matter?” For me a similar thing happened except even more extreme. I suddenly realized that...
Classifying Yourself

Classifying Yourself

by | Jun 30, 2019 | Blog, Method, Writing

Last week I told you all about this cool way players of Dungeons & Dragons classify their characters based on how well they follow laws or rules (lawful/neutral/chaotic) and what sort of person they are (good/neutral/evil). Click here to read that post if you...
Classifying Your Characters

Classifying Your Characters

by | Jun 23, 2019 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

My daughter is a Dungeon Master. Nope, that doesn’t mean that she tortures people, it means that she leads Dungeons & Dragons games. In fact, she spends a great deal of her free time playing D&D and writing new scenarios to lead others through. Yes, people...
Why I write… why do you?

Why I write… why do you?

by | Jun 16, 2019 | Blog, Life, Method, Writing

I think an apology, or at least an explanation is in order here. Two weeks ago, I wrote a blog giving you advice on how to write through to the end—tldr: Using story structure and character development (goal, motivation, and conflict) you can be sure to not lose that...
The Ugly Facts of Author Earnings

The Ugly Facts of Author Earnings

by | Jun 9, 2019 | Blog, Life, Writing

As I sit here contemplating the pros and cons of buying a new computer (which I really can’t afford just now), I’m sharply reminded of the fact that the majority of authors don’t earn most of their money through book sales. It’s a sad fact that is true in...
Getting Through to the end

Getting Through to the end

by | Jun 2, 2019 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

I’ve recently met a number of people in the various writing “meet-ups” I attend weekly who have been working furiously away at stories for the past few weeks or even months. Suddenly, they’ve realized that they’re stuck. This blog post is...