New Opportunities in 2025
2024 was an exciting year for me, with a lot of firsts. Looking forward to this coming year, I’m excited for some of the exciting prospects coming my way. Here’s a look at just a few of them. Read More …
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The Different Faces of Good Writing
I thought it would be a good idea to talk about the different types of quality writing that professional authors will do for their respective styles and genres. Read More …
Ten Terrible Reasons to Write A Novel
1. “I want to finance my retirement.”
2. “I can’t handle the rejection in a normal job.” Read More …
The Different Faces of a Storyteller
People write stories for a variety of reasons, so it only makes sense that the necessary qualities of a good storyteller would vary with the type of story being told. Read More …
A Few Tips For Naming Characters
Whenever I give my workshop on word choice to a group of writers, I’m almost always asked about how to name the various people in a story. With that in mind, here are a few tips when christening your characters. Character Names are Seen, not Read More …
The Hazards of Origin Stories
Our modern media is awash with reboots, adaptations, and re-imaginings, which means that we’ve become very familiar with origin stories involving characters that we already know. While many of these stories are perfectly serviceable, let’s take the opportunity to examine some of the potential issues Read More …
Finding Your Unique Writing Process
Years ago, while attending a writing conference as an instructor, I was approached by another writer who asked me what my writing process is. I obligingly described my nightly writing routine as well as giving a few details on my writing goals and how I Read More …
I asked 750k People What Would Convince them to Buy an Unknown Author’s Book
A couple of months ago, I posted a single question in several Facebook groups for writers and authors with a total membership of over 780,000. My question was this: “What would convince you to buy a book from an author you’ve never heard of?” The Read More …
Tips for Handling Writer Blindness
Have you become blind to the mistakes in your manuscript? Are you in that limbo of eternal editing without really getting anything done? Here are a few tips to break you out of that ongoing cycle. Change Your Font, Color, and Text Size Oftentimes, we Read More …
The Style of Hellboy Covers a Multitude of Sins
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 …
