Writing Routines
I’ve blogged from time to time about my writing schedule, the routines I try to set for myself, and my attempts at self-imposed deadlines. I try to get myself into a regular habit, where I work on my...
View ArticleTo Celebrate or Wait
Almost every day on Twitter, I see people getting into arguments about LGBT issues. Most of the time, I see these arguments because I follow a lot of LGBT activists who tweet a lot of support and...
View ArticleCharacter Gender and Binary Norms
One of the most common questions I get, as a male writer, is “How do you write female characters?” Sometimes it’s asked as a compliment, by someone who thinks I write very believable female characters....
View ArticleSchedule Funk
All of my writing projects have been suffering lately. I’ve only been writing blog posts about twice a month (this is number two). I’ve only managed to work on revisions a couple of times, maybe once a...
View ArticleTime and Combat
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the way combat is depicted in some books. It’s a common thing to see in most of the books I read. From the huge, epic-scale wars in books like The Wheel of Time,...
View ArticlePast Conflicts as Backstory
A common thing in book series is when there was some kind of serious conflict in the past which is affecting present-day events. Sometimes this conflict is only ever revealed as backstory: the reader...
View ArticleVampires and Magic: Your World’s Rules
I’ve given a lot of thought lately to the way different worlds have different rules for things that don’t exist in our reality. I talked about this awhile ago when I did my posts on magic and how to...
View ArticleThanksgiving Drama Llama
Wow, I haven’t written a blog post in a long time. Just in time for my holiday depression. Which, this year, is starting around Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving has been a source of family tension for a...
View ArticlePost-NaNo Failure Funk, Revisions Funkadelic?
It’s been 25 days since I last wrote a blog post, 41 days since I worked on revisions for Arcana Revived, and 16 days since I last did any writing for my #NaNoWriMo project. I ended NaNo with only...
View ArticleQuasi-capped
I’ve been thinking a lot today about definitions. I studied communication in college, and one area in particular I always found fascinating was the field of Symbolic Interactionism. I’ve touched on...
View ArticleFreelancing Like A Boss
I’ve been in a bit of a writing funk for awhile now. The combination of leaving college, working a crap hourly job to pay the bills, and going through some major changes in my life has left me a bit...
View ArticleRomancing the Ghostwriter
Getting paid to write is an amazing thing. I’ve blogged a few times over the last few months about how I haven’t been writing much. I’ve been struggling, due mostly to a combination of life changes...
View ArticleBreaking the Norms in Romance Novels
Romance novels are not my first love. I’ve read some that were written by people I know on Twitter, a few others that I got for free through giveaways, and some that I picked up just for research...
View ArticleReview of Two Pairs of Shorts
Disclaimer: I won a free copy of this book from a Goodreads Giveaway. First, I should note that I went into this book having no idea what it was. I thought the title was quirky enough to be...
View ArticleReview of All the King’s-Men by Adam Dreece
I’ve been a fan of Adam Dreece’s The Yellow Hoods series since I read the first book, Along Came a Wolf. The series has a fun, upbeat style, with some brilliant kids who get into all kinds of danger...
View ArticleReview of Sex Hell
Where do I begin? This book was ridiculous. But it was ridiculous in an at least somewhat entertaining way. Though I mostly only enjoyed it because I was making fun of it so much. (Disclaimer: I won a...
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