Pokémon GO is only the beginning, people. While Google Glass never really caught on, cell phones are finally poised to bring augmented reality (AR) into the mainstream thanks to a certain catch-’em-all mobile game.
Writers spend a lot of time talking to themselves. We invent conversations between imaginary people, imagine a series of actions, and then transcribe what happens in our mind to the page.
Yesterday, The Renegade Chronicles were officially published...which means I can finally answer the question above.
Along with genre and characters, setting can be a deciding factor—or a deal breaker—when it comes to buying a book.
Even though “What’s your book about?” is the most difficult question for an author to answer, a few others can be tricky as well.
Synopses are the bane of a writer’s existence. Elevator pitch, logline, plot summary—whatever you call it, boiling down hundreds of pages to a handful of sentences is tantamount to torture for most novelists.
A month ago, I asked readers to vote for their favorite cover treatment for The Renegade Chronicles. After tallying up the votes, I’m delighted to report we have a clear winner.
The beauty of words is that they paint pictures in the mind, but when you consider those black lines, dots, and curves on a blank backdrop, words themselves are nothing to write home about.
My favorite questions tend to start with “what if.” Lately, however, this writer has been asking himself, “What now?”
When a writing project spans years, it’s important to acknowledge milestones along the way.