The Psychology, Geography, and Architecture of Horror: How Places Creep Us Out
I found a fascinating paper on why certain things creep people out, which is invaluable information for writers of horror, suspense, and anyone else who wants to...
How to Write Light Novels and Webnovels
In Japan, South Korea, and China, they’ve been turning webfiction into anime, TV, movies, comics, mobile games, and profit for the past twenty years. This has made Asian light fiction writers some of the best in the world, and they’ve had twenty years to figure out what works and what doesn’t.
Twenty years, millions of stories – their success secrets are right here in this book.
20 Tips for Writing Successful Webnovels
There are a number of survival strategies that Webnovel authors use to try to keep on top of their relentless workload while keeping their audience happy. These...
My Favorite Manga of 2017
This has been an interesting year for me, not the least of because I spent half of it working on my first major nonfiction book, Write! Shonen...
Write! Shonen Manga!
It’s finally here! Six months ago, I started a “small” project to write a short book on writing Shonen Manga style stories. Now, 310 pages and 90,000...
November 30, 2017
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Review- Manga in Theory and Practice: The Craft of Creating Manga
As a writer, writing teacher, and a lover of Japanese comics, I was excited when I stumbled upon Hirohiko Araki’s Manga in Theory and Practice: The Craft...
The point where Anime and North American Animation Diverged
Earlier this week, I was having an email exchange with my DNA co-host Don and our frequent esteemed guest Jack Ward about anime and American animation. As...
The key elements of a bestselling novel
The Independent newspaper had an interesting piece today about a pair of researchers (Penguin UK editor Jodie Archer, and associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,...
Chinese Web Novel Genres
After posting a link to my recent post about Chinese Xianxia webnovels, I became engaged in a discussion on the Wuxiaworld Forums about the different webnovel genres in...
Romance of the Three Kingdoms Podcast
Romance of the Three Kingdoms has captivated me ever since I tore through my copies of the Moss Roberts translation (so long, they split it into two...
January 27, 2016
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