‘Where does your book take place?’
Along with genre and characters, setting can be a deciding factor—or a deal breaker—when it comes to buying a book.
Along with genre and characters, setting can be a deciding factor—or a deal breaker—when it comes to buying a book.
On Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, author David Michael Williams brought a new publishing company into the world.
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.
I had the pleasure of talking with students at Waupun High School yesterday. My mission: to share my educational background, professional writing experiences, writing advice, and tips for getting published with the fledgling writers.
Any dabbler in sword-and-sorcery fantasy has faced the challenge of naming a monarch or two. Far be it for me to disparage other namers of kings.
While watching the new Hobbit movie, I couldn’t help but wonder what the grandfather of the fantasy genre would think of the adaptation of his 1937 novel.
Some of the characters I’ve enjoyed writing about the most are an inch and a half tall.
Close your eyes and imagine a writer. What do you see? A free-spirited young woman writing in a leather-bound journal beneath a tree?
While I didn’t become addicted to books with dragons on the cover until freshman year of high school, I had more than a few flirtations with the genre as a child.