Failing again. Failing better.
This month, I reviewed Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal for Fantasy-Faction. It’s an alternate history mystery/spy story set in World War I France, and it’s a very good read. Head on over to Fantasy-Faction to check out the full review. No spoilers here. And yes, I know I said that I would have some…
While walking my dog this morning, I listened to the latest episode of the Writing Excuses podcast. In addition to valuable advice on pre-writing tools, Brandon Sanderson also announced that they are releasing an anthology, SHADOWS BENEATH. Anthologies come out quite frequently, and many of them are exciting for any number of reasons. Heck, I…
For many of us, this is a three-day weekend. So if you don’t already have a book or three to read, here are a few articles to keep you entertained, now that we have no football any more, baseball and March Madness haven’t started, and there are only so many hockey games. The first is…
For many people, it’s the first day back after a long holiday. Odds are, the day is dragging, and you’re surfing the internet, looking for distractions. Well, good news, I found a couple things for you. First up is a 20 minute interview with Brandon Sanderson about how he got started as a writer. An…
So although I’m a latecomer, I’ve become a big fan of the Writing Excuses podcast, hosted by Mary Robinette Kowal, Brandon Sanderson, Howard Tayler, and Dan Wells. The most recent episode discusses Dan Wells’s Seven Point Story Structure. Apparently, it’s a structure that Dan discovered from a role-playing game, but he has since learned that…