Author of the Small Worlds series
One of the first pieces of advice most writers have beaten into them is “Show don’t tell.” The reason this advice is hammered home so hard is because it is, in fact, good advice. The story is almost always better when you show something, rather than when you tell it. It immerses the reader more …
Continue reading What’s a McDonald’s? Handling Exposition when you have to Tell Instead of Show.
One of the side effects of the modern ebook era is that the term “book” has pretty much lost all meaning. A book can be virtually anything when it’s published in an ebook format, because there’s no need to worry about printing and binding and all the things that come with a physical copy. Don’t …
Continue reading How Long Should your Book be? Story Lengths Explained
Hey, quick question to everyone reading - who here has played Dungeons and Dragons, or some other tabletop gaming system? Well, for those of you who haven’t, Dungeons and Dragons - and all the tabletop games that came later - can be hard to understand. The best explanation I have is this: remember when you …
Continue reading 3 Ways Tabletop Gaming Helped Me Improve as a Writer
I originally had a different blog post planned for today. Planned and written, in fact. But sometimes, plans change. Sometimes, you come across an idea that grabs your brain and won’t let go. Sometimes, inspiration strikes, and one big piece of writing advice I will always, always give is that when you get bitten by …
Continue reading The Umbridge Effect: Crafting a Detestable Villain
It’s the New Year now, and I can think of no better way to celebrate this period of new beginnings and fresh starts by turning around and looking directly back at the prior year. It’s sort of an annual tradition of mine! 2018 has been an absolutely phenomenal year for me. Probably one of the …
While you're here, check out some of what I wrote last year and get a free book! 2019 is just around the corner! For the past ten years, my new years resolution was to write a novel. Last year, I accomplished that, and was able to publish Weird Theology. This year my new year's resolution …
Continue reading 2000 Words a Day – My 2019 New Years Resolution
Happy Holidays everyone! Hope you had a good one. Don't forget to pick up your free book while you're here! One of the most time consuming things you can do when preparing to write is researching. It can be a long, arduous process that can begin to drag. In the post-holiday haze, you’re probably a …
Continue reading 3 YouTube Channels I Recommend for Writing Research
