I’ve been watching a lot of Star Trek as I’m prepping my space exploration series and doing my writing so I can get the feel right for the readers. Because of this, I realized I could start reviewing episodes for everyone. I’ve started mostly with The Next Generation but am also slowly making my way […]
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20Books Day 2
I think my highlight of my day was getting lunch with Jay Allan, one of the best Military Science Fiction writers in the field. He was extremely gracious and let me hammer him with marketing questions the whole time. Super great guy. Other than that, I think Dean Wesley Smith’s talk was probably the most […]
The Fine Line As An Artist
As an artist it can be tempting to “play the same old hits” and keep the money train going. But artists also need to be flexible and venture out into new content too or everything will get stale. This comes on because I saw Lindsey Buckingham last night, the former guitarist of Fleetwood Mac. He […]
I Am Writing For You: A Guide To Treating Readers With Respect
This last week there’s been a barrage of authors out there who are taking shots at readers. We saw this a lot with the situation in the comics industry over the last year, where so many of the creators fought the fans when they’d produced a lot of politically driven narrative their fans didn’t like, […]
Authors Don’t Trick Your Readers – An Analysis of The Batman/Catwoman Wedding
DC Comics’ big event hype over the summer has been the Batman/Catwoman wedding. Now we all know how comics have worked the last couple decades, and we know by proxy that “nothing is forever” – and by forever, I mean lasts more than 2-3 years before it gets rebooted, redone, respun. How anyone can take […]
Creative Energy Is In The Air
It’s been all over for the last month or so, and it’s reaching a peak right now. Think of what Kanye West has been doing, putting out 5 albums all within the span of a month. That’s a crazy amount of creativity and work. You might think, “I can’t possibly work that hard on creative […]
How To Know If The Negative Voices Are Right Or If You’re On The Right Track
As you progress in any field, or really anything in life, you’ll find that you will get a contingent of negative voices toward whatever you do. They’ll come in a variety of forms from outright hostility, to some subtle passive aggressive remarks, even to quiet concern over the direction you’re heading. It can get overwhelming […]
Friend Friday: Daniel Humphreys On Proper Word Counts For Indie Authors
This Friday I’m happy to be joined by my good friend, Dan Humphreys. He’s best known for his Dragon Award nominated zombie series, but he also does really cool urban fantasy work with Fade, his recent book out by Silver Empire Press. He stops by to talk about word counts for indie authors, and how […]
For Steam And Country Discussion At Lorehaven Books
Lorehaven is a Christian book club highlighting sci-fi and fantasy books by Christian authors. I wrote an article for their speculative faith a couple of weeks ago, and a brief summary of what steampunk is that led on their site this morning, including a little bit about what I wanted out of the genre that’s […]
Speculative Faith Article: Let’s Talk About Sex
Speculative Faith, a Christian magazine dedicated to SF/F writing for Christian authors had me write an article. As sex is such a crucial plot component to The Stars Entwined, I decided to write about what I’ve seen in the Christian genres, and gave my thoughts on the place of sex in fiction. Sex is a […]
Friend Friday: V.R. Konner On Overrepresentation of Minorities In Fiction
Today we have a wonderful guest, V.R. Konner, who is an author and graphic designer responsible for the maps which will be in future installments of the Baron Von Monocle universe books. He stops by the blog today to talk about his experience in writing, and how he avoids the trope of overrepresentation which is […]
Should Authors Work In Multiple Genres?
Like anything, it depends on your goals. Working as an author is a balance between art and commercial appeal, and so one has to keep both in mind while creating. Over my one year span of releasing in the business, I’ve released works in three different subgenres of science fiction: Space Opera / Mil SF, […]
