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Category: Lindsay’s Musings

The Style of Hellboy Covers a Multitude of Sins

Posted onJanuary 27, 2023January 27, 2023Leave a comment

I recently finished reading all six volumes of the collected Hellboy library editions as well as the complete Hellboy in Hell compilation, and as a longtime fan of the character and this series, I have come to a difficult conclusion: Mike Mignola is a terrible Read More …

CategoriesLindsay's MusingsTagsfor writers, graphic novels, Hellboy, plotting

The Writer’s Struggle to Read for Pleasure

Posted onAugust 29, 2022August 29, 20221 Comment

One of the best known tips for writers is to be well-read. This has been said hundreds of ways by hundreds of authors, poets, and lecturers. Perhaps one of the best known variants comes from Stephen King: ““If you don’t have time to read, you Read More …

CategoriesLindsay's MusingsTagsfor writers, reading for pleasure, writing life

Book Reviews Aren’t Book Reports

Posted onJuly 28, 2022July 28, 2022Leave a comment

Book reviews are the lifeblood of online sales. Without reviews, there’s nothing to separate one independently published title from the millions of other books available to new readers. It requires no extra cost, takes less than five minutes, and will have a lasting positive effect Read More …

CategoriesLindsay's MusingsTagsbook reviews

Trial and Error

Posted onJuly 27, 2022July 27, 2022Leave a comment

Everyone loves getting something right the first time. Like cruising through a series of green lights all in a row, a steady momentum built on repeated success is an intoxicating sensation. There’s also a different–but just as satisfying–feeling that comes from accomplishing something that took Read More …

CategoriesLindsay's MusingsTagsdifficult times, encouragement, free advice

Exploring My Inner Lovecraft

Posted onDecember 29, 2021December 29, 2021Leave a comment

Those of you who are on my mailing list will already know that I was recently approached by a small press to submit a short story to an anthology focusing on Lovecraftian fiction. As a big fan of H.P. Lovecraft’s original stories, I jumped at Read More …

CategoriesLindsay's Musings, News & UpdatesTagsCthulhu Mythos, for fans, Lovecraft, short story

Understanding the Nature of Conflict in Story

Posted onMay 24, 2021May 24, 2021Leave a comment

I recently watched a documentary focusing on the many creative and political problems that went into the first two seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Among the stories of high stakes negotiations and toxic work environments, I was particularly intrigued by the problems that Read More …

CategoriesCraft of Writing, Lindsay's MusingsTagsConflict, for writers, Star Trek

Why I Still Write

Posted onJuly 15, 2020September 14, 20206 Comments

I’m not blind, though I sometimes wish I was. I know what’s going on in the world. I see the fear, the anger, the contempt and depression. My friends and family are fighting with each other, trying to reclaim normalcy that will not truly return Read More …

CategoriesLindsay's MusingsTagsCOVID-19, difficult times, for fans, for writers

My Tribute to Clive Cussler

Posted onMarch 14, 2020September 14, 2020Leave a comment

I found my first Clive Cussler novel in a thrift store. I was there with my Mom as an unwilling young teenager, spending my time sifting through hundreds of tattered romance novels trying to find something that might appeal to a reader whose primary fodder Read More …

CategoriesCraft of Writing, Lindsay's MusingsTagsauthor tribute, Clive Cussler, for writers, Keltin Moore, Lost Under Two Moons

A Writer Needs Wisdom More Than Confidence

Posted onMarch 9, 2018Leave a comment

I’m a member of a number of online writing communities where writers from various genres and backgrounds gather to share successes, talk shop, and sometimes commiserate together about the difficulties that come with our chosen profession. Recently, I saw a post that was a perfect Read More …

CategoriesCraft of Writing, Lindsay's MusingsTagsfor writers

A Favorite Fantasy Monster: Jane Yolen’s Dragons

Posted onJanuary 26, 2018January 29, 20181 Comment

Today I’m answering a challenge from fellow fantasy author Aaron Volner to write about a favorite creature from the world of fantasy fiction. After giving it some thought, I decided that I would write about the dragons from the YA fantasy series The Pit Dragon Read More …

CategoriesLindsay's MusingsTagsblog chain, dragons

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