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08, 2016
Coming soon: Renegade Chronicles compendium
An editor of mine once said, “No one wants to know how the sausage is made.” That may be true of journalism, but fans of fantasy often welcome a closer look at fictional worlds.
14
07, 2016
Fun and games with book reviews
I’d like to revisit the topic of book reviews and ratings today. Now. Because it turns out they are really, really important.
8
06, 2016
Books, booze, and a bit of blather
Let’s be honest: you probably couldn’t pick your favorite novelist out of a lineup...unless, maybe, it’s Stephen King.
3
06, 2016
Pantsers vs. Plotters
Back in the early days of my Quest for Publication, I was equipped with naught but a trusty Pilot pen, a five-subject Mead notebook, and a plethora of ideas. Eventually, I upgraded to a keyboard and computer.
10
05, 2016
Milestones from my book marketing marathon
What do you call a race without a finish line? That’s not really a riddle. Or if it is, I don’t pretend to know the answer.
19
04, 2016
Infrequently Asked Questions
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.
30
03, 2016
‘Where can I buy your books?’
Yesterday, The Renegade Chronicles were officially published...which means I can finally answer the question above.
22
03, 2016
‘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.
8
03, 2016
‘Who is your book about?’
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.
18
02, 2016
‘So…what’s your book about?’
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.