Last week, I had the opportunity to speak before a group of writers and share what I knew about something I do here pretty often–blending writing with other hobbies to help connect with people who share similar interests.
One thing I was tasked with was coming up with a writing… Read the rest...
Category: Writing
A story of how steady persistence still sees things to completion, I suppose. That’s sort of the theme of my life right now; everything has to happen so slowly, it feels like nothing is moving at all. But at least I know that’s not true – I just finished a… Read the rest...
There’s probably little surprise that as a writer, a lot of my life works its way into my writing. My tastes, my hobbies, things I love or find important. One thing that often works its way into my fantasy stories is tea.
It’s strange to think of something that’s a… Read the rest...
So I mentioned it on social media, but keeping up with all the social… everything… when I am in writing mode is really tough. The Spymaster’s Prize is done now, though, and it’ll be released on Saturday. You can preorder your copy on Amazon here, if you haven’t yet. Otherwise,… Read the rest...
Back when I started planning to write the Artisan Magic books, I spent some time dipping back into the subject of writing craft–specifically, rules for writing fantasy.
Obviously, when talking about something like fantasy, the very concept of “rules” is a little shaky, but exploring how others approach world building… Read the rest...
One of the more interesting discoveries that came with being involved in various book communities over the years is that there are a few things that can be found in some stories that people seem to hate. That probably doesn’t come as a surprise to most people… but particularly in… Read the rest...
Surprise! More free printable stickers for writers this week. It’s a couple days later than anticipated, but still early enough that you should be able to use them this month! This time, I’ve made stickers for landmark word counts. I’m only taking these up to 50k in the spirit of… Read the rest...