Xianxia- The Fantasy Genre that’s Dominating Chinese Web Fiction
A little over a year ago, I noticed a Chinese name, Douluo Daolu, on the “top 20 manga” of the site Mangafox.com, which I thought was unusual...
How Koreans get their Web Novels
Yesterday I had a long and fascinating chat with a recently arrived Korean international student about Korean webnovels. Webnovels (books written specifically for the web) are extremely...
January 22, 2016
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A little perspective change on science fiction writing
I’m currently listening to an audiobook of Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi, and while enjoying it a thought occurred to me. We often say that Science...
Rob Talks the Love of Podcasting with Jack Ward
I recently paid a visit to the Sonic Society’s Sonic Speaks podcast to talk with the incomparable Jack Ward about the history of my podcast- Kung Fu...
What Jackie Chan can teach us about writing action
Following up my post on what writers can learn from Akira Kurosawa, I’m going to do another blog post on writing- this time based on the nine...
FORCEdraft
A while back, I blogged about WRITE or DIE!, which is a devilish little productivity tool designed to counter writer’s block by making noises, showing horrible images, or...
What Akira Kurosawa can teach us about writing
I recently watched an excellent short analysis of some of director Akira Kurosawa’s film-making techniques by Tony Zhou, and it got me thinking about how we prose...
Random Dramatic Scene Generator
I’m feeling rather proud at the moment. I managed to code a simple webpage that generates a pair of naturally conflicting characters and an action verb which...
Good Advice from Author Scott Sigler about Writing Your First Novel
Post by Scott Sigler.
Legend of Korra Finishes (spoiler lite)
And with tonight’s episode, Avatar: The Legend of Korra reaches it’s final conclusion with the end of Season Four. It’s been a rocky road for what has...