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How Mountains Affect Rainfall

When drawing maps of continents, being realistic is a good idea even when inventing for a fantasy or SF landscape.…

7 years ago

Guest Post: Unconventional Writing Tools

4 Unconventional Tools to Fix Common Creative Writing Problems by Guest Blogger Ethan Miller Once upon a time, there lived…

7 years ago

My Guest Post

Today, author John Robin was kind enough to publish a guest post of mine about species and races in world…

8 years ago

The Importance of Death

I watch a lot of SciFi (and when available, fantasy) on TV and in movies.  All too often, death means…

9 years ago

Author’s Shouldn’t Try to Be Funny in Their Bios

There's a lot of advice on how to write a professional author bio, and here's mine: don't try to be funny…

9 years ago

Evaluating Artist Feedback, Part 2

This is part two of the blog about evaluating feedback on your writing or other artistic pursuits. Read part 1…

9 years ago

Evaluating Artist Feedback, Part 1

Whether a musician, author, or other artist, we've all received feedback on our work.  Obtaining meaningful feedback is an art…

9 years ago

Virgin Sacrifices in Fantasy Stories Are Stupid

So I'm sitting here watching Conan The Destroyer, which includes the age-old premise that a virgin will be sacrificed.  Personally, I…

10 years ago

How Agents and Publishers Think About Manuscripts

Like most authors, I've submitted books to agents and either gotten no response or the form rejection letter. Well, let…

10 years ago

Writers Block vs. Idea Block

Most authors have "writer's block" at some point, but I suspect we're often suffering from something I call "idea block". …

10 years ago