Yes. Listening to the audiobook counts just as much as reading the book. I used to debate this idea. If I am listening to an audiobook – rather than reading the book – does it still count as reading the book? One argument is that – no, it doesn’t count. You didn’t read – you…
I firmly believe that yes, creative work makes the world a better place. Everyone can be a creative. Everyone. But there are all kinds of messages in the world at large belittling, disempowering, implying, and outright saying creativity is a waste. That’s probably why so many schools cut art and music programs before anything else….
So many great sci-fi shows, movies, and books are out there – a sci-fi and fantasy lover’s dreams. My love of sci-fi began when I was a small child. Even before I saw Star Wars for the first time as a not-quite-5-years-old, I loved the idea of traveling across space, exploring the unknown, and all…
To me, writing is easy – and I am deeply grateful for this. But that’s not so for everyone. It is easy to get caught up in recognizing what we don’t have. Hell, entire industries exist trying to sell us what we don’t have by convincing us of needs we were unaware of. It’s not…
This was a major goal to reach – what I do next is an interesting question. During the height of the pandemic in 2020, I determined that I needed to write and publish more. In 2020, I published 3 books – the first two novels of my Void Incursion series; and a standalone fantasy featuring…
I believe that my writing offers something valuable on various levels. The things that we do all have value to someone. Sometimes they value only ourselves. Frequently, that which we do is something valuable to others. But knowing our individual worth can be super challenging. And that can translate to devaluing and undervaluing ourselves and…
There are 3 choices available to you if you are falling behind. Many writers and would-be writers love November. That’s because this is National Novel Writer’s Month! There is a challenge put out by NaNoWriMo to spend the 30 days of this month writing. The goal? 50,000 words. To meet this goal, you need to…
To some degree – yes, Selling myself is part of the branding process. I am in the process of completing the 4th and final novel of the current story arc for my Forgotten Fodder sci-fi series. I say current arc because I have plotted out another (4 more books) and have 1 or 2 more…
This is my take on how my writing tells a story. When it comes to the how of storytelling, I think most people consider perspective and tense first. Is the story told in a first-person or third-person perspective? Is it in past, present, or future tense? But how you tell a story can cover other…
This is exciting because reaching the ending of a series is new for me. Back in 1997 or so, I was sitting at my desk at my job with nothing to do. What work I had was done, and I had created as much other work as I could come up with. (At the time,…
