Writing is like an onion. Most who start are just barely peeling the paper-thin outer skin and learning the basics. As you learn more, another layer is peeled. Keep peeling, it’s the only way to get better. Oh by the way, this is a special onion. It has an infinite number of layers.
As many of you know, most of my books have been in what could easily be categorized as a middle grade (MG) or young adult (YA) fantasy genre. My bio makes it pretty clear that I started writing mostly because I wanted to entertain my boys (who are now both voracious teenage readers). So as […]
Diversity in Literature? The word “diversity” is a hot button in today’s society, and it is so for several reasons. Regardless of which side of the political spectrum you’re on, I think the vast majority of people have no issues with differing cultures, religions, and racial profiles of people. Given that, why is diversity […]
I don’t ever write short stories, my mind normally doesn’t work that way, but I woke up one morning and this is what happened. Waiting For Love The last of the bodies sank into the quicksand, releasing a stream of bubbles as Anna watched, breathed in the fetid swamp gas as if […]
I’m about to swim upstream for many people in the literary world by positing that there is practically no difference between most Science Fiction and Fantasy. Before I go into more of that hypothesis, let me note a few things about myself. I have a very deep background in the sciences. They span the disciplines of physics, […]
I’d always (always being since the late 70’s) been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy novels. I’d also always considered myself a fan of the genre and enjoyed reading as much as watching movies steeped in the nostrum of SF/Fantasy. I’d never considered the word “Fan” that much of a controversial thing, but evidently […]
The orphaned hobbit. The orphaned and abused young wizard. The disgruntled teen girl of divorced parents with a penchant for vampires.
I continuously stumble into blogs where aspiring authors are lamenting the cruel nature of the publishing industry and how their efforts are unrecognized. If the aspiring author could only get the attention of X or if Y would simply read the first couple chapters of their manuscript – then they’d of course understand the author’s […]
This post is for other would-be authors and those curious about keeping people from getting access to your precious documents. I wrote this a while ago in slideshow format to illustrate simply some issues that are inherent to our digital age and many take for granted. Nobody would ever steal from you, right? Nonetheless, I […]
This is something authors rarely talk about….
