Getting your Readers over the Infodump Hump!
“A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down- in the most delightful way.”– Mary Poppins In some of the writing forums I frequent, a very...
Ascension- A Novel of the Twin Stars Is LIVE!!
My very first novel, based on the Parsec Award Nominated Podcast (which has had over a Quarter of a Million Listeners) is now up and available for...
Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing: Writing Fast
Dean Wesley Smith wrote a good piece on his blog about writing speed, quality, and productivity. I definitely recommend reading it if you have the time. Writing...
How To Sell Ebooks
From Joe Konrath’s blog: “How To Sell Ebooks I just hit a milestone that is hard for me to grasp. As of January, I’ve sold over one...
My Second Novel- Little Gou and the Crocodile Princess, is done!
In Summer, 2008 I started what was to be my first novel- Little Gou and the Crocodile Princess. A thrilling WuXia adventure story centered around everyone’s favorite...
The Warbots by G. Harry Stine
In the high-tech laboratories of tomorrow a new breed of super-soldier is born! The brutal face of warfare has been dramatically altered. Armored giants now roam the...
The Roundtable Podcast (on Writing)
This week I started listening to The Roundtable Podcast after hearing about it on the Dead Robots’ Society writer’s podcast. The premise is simple enough: each the...
Fonts for Book Covers
I’ve been studying up on Book Design recently in anticipation of prepping my upcoming novels, and while Ive still got a lot to learn, one of the...
The Swivet [Colleen Lindsay]: On word counts and novel length
Finally! I found someone who lays out the word count targets for different types of books and genres. She’s a former professional agent, and knows of which...
Is Flash Fiction becoming a rising art form?
Yesterday I I stumbled across a story trying to answer the question- Could I destroy the entire Roman Empire during the reign of Augustus if I traveled...