The Crazy Tricks Club sneaks into Audible!
Those kids from the Crazy Tricks Club have done their best trick yet! They’ve managed to sneak into the world of audiobooks with the release of the...
Origins and Context of Isekai Discussion Video(s)
An interesting discussion about the origins of the Isekai genre. They bring up a couple of good points, including the genre’s close connection with The Hero’s Journey...
Gigguk Used A Million Dollar AI To Prove Light Novel Titles Are Dumb.
This is really funny, and some of the titles the AI came up with are even funnier. By the way, I have officially started research and development...
Designing the Second CTC Cover
When it was time to design the cover for the second book of my Crazy Tricks Club series, I already knew a few things. First, I was...
My Awesome New Middle-Grade Series: The Crazy Tricks Club
This is the first book of the Crazy Tricks Club, a fun and fast-paced story about Aiden Fox and the other members of Ridge Hill Jr. High’s Crazy Tricks Club. They’re a secret team of problem solving students who specialize in doing seemingly impossible missions for the mysterious figure known only as Raven.
How to Write Manga: Revised Edition
I’ve just released a new revised edition of my How to Write Manga book. If anyone hasn’t had a chance to check it out, it’s a new...
Four Essential Stories to Make Your Writing Stronger
While there are an infinite number of possible stories, the vast majority of them fall into one of four categories. These four “essential” stories are the most...
Exploratory Manga – Educational Manga That Take You For A Ride
There are a few less common manga genres that probably deserve more attention than they get, and one of these is the Exploratory Manga. Now, when I...
The Onion Method: Building Better Stories by Talking to Yourself
Reimena Yee’s Onion Method For Outlining Graphic Novels is one of the more interesting approaches I’ve seen to planning a story in a while. At first I...
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Mary Robinette Kowal’s Short Story Building Process
I recently posted about how author and writing teacher Mary Robinette Kowal uses the M.I.C.E. Quotient to help focus her stories, but while going through her blog...
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