Killing Your Little Darlings
“In writing, you must kill all your darlings.” —William Faulkner Yes, this post will be about wholesale slaughter. Of words, characters, and ideas. Of little darlings—all those great lines, tightly written paragraphs, wonderfully surprising sub-plots, or dashing characters that please the writer, but will bore, or worse, confuse the reader. I’ve never enjoyed […]
Mission Impossible, Night Guild Style
Yes, this is Iliana of House Hawk, the highest earning, boldest, most respected Journeyman in the Night Guild.
When Temporal Lobe Seizures meet a Twenty-year Old Novel Idea inspired by a Song
I felt as if my consciousness had suddenly reappeared back in my own body. In the exact moment from which it had been plucked days, or perhaps years before. In between? I had no idea.
A Grim Dark Swords and Sorcery Fantasy Thief Adventure
Andy Peloquin has introduced me to yet another genre I didn’t know existed and took me a great ride doing so.
I’ve Plenty of Bad Habits
Things that keep me from doing all the things I want to do. Many of them, I want to bring to you. But instead, they get sacrificed to the time hungry beasts of these bad mental habits.
Zen of eBook Formatting:
An excellent guide to taking a manuscript from whatever software it is created in and turning it into an eBook format
Quick thoughts about *On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft* by Stephen King
Devoured this book. Part one—CV—would be a good read for anyone, fans and the curious included. Shows of a strong sense of humor, and a real groundedness. Part two “What Writing Is” leans towards the writer, but there is good stuff for Fans too. I don’t agree with at least one of his foundational points, […]
Been Busy Doing Things That Aren’t Especially Exciting to Talk About
Popping up here, again, to show that I haven’t died. And to excuse myself by revealing the several irons I have in the fire. And playing with fire is what’s been keeping me quiet, hypnotize by the jumping flames. (Anyone who remembers me from Boy Scouts would know I’m a bit of a pyro.) Okay […]
Groovie Mann and What’s in the Wings
Hey there, It has been a while. Not because I’ve been hiding, or running about entertaining myself to death. I’ve been working and will have announcements on that work soon. (Two hints: when the text gets prepared for uploading to Kindle Direct Publishing, the entire text must be reworked even if it’s already been published? A tagline I’ve been […]
Took Long Enough, pt 1: People Want the Familiar
This is why people watch movies. Or read books. Consume anything with a story in it: