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Understanding Openings: The Scourge of the Betrayer
I dig into the opening of the Scourge of the Betrayer to find out how Jeff Salyards sets up this excellent dark fantasy adventure.
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Best books for writers: My top three
When you ask folks what are the best books for writers, odds are you someone’s going to mention Stephen King’s On Writing, but that modern classic doesn’t make my top three.
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Understanding Openings: The Girl with All the Gifts
I look at the opening chapter of The Girl With All the Gifts to figure out what’s working.
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Raising a story from the dead… and then putting it back in its grave
Sometimes you should not brush the dust off an old story. You might be scared by what you find.
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Turning the Corner
Ruminations on my cowardice, the quandary of marketing books, flim flam, and why you need to go out right now and buy a lottery ticket.
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Top exercises to counter sitting all day for writers – Part 1
Writers sit for hours at the keyboard. But too much sitting is bad for your health. Here are some ideas for exercises to counter sitting all day.
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Top Four Fantastic Weapons of Indonesia
Check out four of the cool weapons I might add to my next fantasy series. What’s your favorite?
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The Trouble with Trilogies
Fantasy literature is defined by trilogies. This was probably directly a result of Tolkein’s The Lord of the Rings, a formative cornerstone of the genre. But I’ve been having a problem with trilogies I’ve been reading lately: nothing happens in the first book. Trilogies and Fantasy Tolkein’s famous series was never meant to be a…
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All black in a sea of white
Advice in the indie writing industry is seductive. Don’t let it steer you away from a meaningful writing life.
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Cover Reveal: The King Beneath the Waves
Check out the cover for the soon to be released story The King Beneath the Waves.
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The Revenant: Thoughts on the Film
Often a great story does not depend so much on the protagonist as much as it does on a fully fleshed out antagonist.
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I swear I wasn’t just lying around the beach
All has been pretty quiet on the blog front recently. And while a number of you may be aware that I spent the holidays on the warm sands and in the warmer seas of Mexico, I have not just been relaxing since my last post. These past six weeks or so, I have been working…
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That time of the year
It’s that time of the year already. The holiday shopping frenzy. Are you recovered from last year yet?
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Three Book Recommendations to Round Out the Year
Check out these 3 recommended books I read this past year: sci fi, fantasy and horror.
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Surviving NaNoWriMo: A Guest Post by Michael R. Fletcher
Solid advice from Michael R. Fletcher, author of Beyond Redemption, on how to not only survive NaNoWriMo but to really get a novel finished and ready for publication.
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Where to Source Images for Your Website
As an indie author one of the challenges is finding images you can use. Here are five places to source images for your website.
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Southeast Asian Fungal Grimdark
Ideas have been milling around for my next fantasy series and they are beginning to take form: a Southeast Asian-inspired setting, a fungal magic system and a grimdark flavor. Come along for the ride.