So, Bruce mentioned to me that some people were asking about how I managed to make a go of turning a web novel on Royal Road into a (relat...

Most people are familiar with the concept of the fourth wall, even if they don’t recognize it by name. It’s essentially a convention of pe...

Description is a tricky beast for all fiction writers. That goes double for character description. We’ve all read that book where the char...

It’s an odd sort of thing to think of oneself as a professional in the world of writing. There are few, if any, clear lines of demarcation...

There is a terribly thin line between an anti-hero and a straight-up villain. It’s a line that Craig Schaefer admirably straddles in his Da...

  Poor Tiny Tim. I’m not saying that because he has a disability. I’m saying that because everyone, from his readers to his creator, pities ...

Yesterday’s post focused on what geek queen Felicia Day refers to as “chocolate fountain” people. That is, creative types for whom ideas fl...

The subject of creativity is a popular one in the writer set. Given the central role that creativity plays in the fiction profession, it’s...

To date, I've written about 82150 words toward the 87,500 word goal. That puts me about 94% of the way toward meeting the goal. I wrote ...

  An aspiring writer asks (truncating and paraphrasing now): People always say, ‘Go with your gut feeling.’ But what if my gut feeling tells...

Some authors really enjoy killing characters, and some kinds of story practically require it. But any time you start offing people in a tale...

Photo by Suzy Hazelwood from Pexels As most of you know, I spent the last few months writing a space opera novel by the name of Rinn’s...

Okay, I'm basically on time with the update this week. So, let's jump right in with the writing challenge update. To date, I've ...

So, I missed last's week update entirely (more on that below). Let's jump right in with the writing challenge update. To date, I...