Your world, your rules. I am part of a Facebook group for sci-fi and fantasy authors. I have seen a lot of writers have questions about how certain matters are workable. The powers of Gods and Demigods, means of intergalactic space travel, attributes for specific characters, magical rules, and so on. One of the best…
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Why Write? Shared Inspiration.
Why write? I write because there are worlds in my head that I feel the need to share. These worlds and characters have been swirling about for most of life. It began with sci-fi when I was nine. I called it Wildfire. Fifty pages, handwritten and illustrated…a world where a mad scientist invents robots that…
Help Me Name My Sci-Fi Epic!
I have been working on an epic sci-fi novel for almost two-and-a-half years. I have wanted to write something sci-fi for a long time now. While I love epic fantasy, Steampunk, and my conscious reality creation blog, sci-fi is my first love. When I was a small child, maybe four or five years old, I…
How Can I Earn More From Writing?
I love blogging. I have been blogging at least once a week for more than six years now. The thing is, as much as I love writing all the posts that I do, I also need to earn a living. Ideally, I would like to earn a living as a writer. So, to this end,…
Why is Breaking Tropes Good?
Sometimes tropes should be broken. What is a trope? In the literary sense, a trope is an often used, even over-used theme. Perfect example – the heroine in a horror movie who runs away, only to trip while running and be brutally murdered. These are many and varied, but comfortable and familiar. The elder wizard…
Why I Liked The Last Jedi
I will strive to avoid spoilers, but beware…if you have not seen the movie yet, you might not want to read this. Since I was first exposed to Star Wars (and FYI, I will nearly always refer to Episode IV – A New Hope as Star Wars), it has elated and inspired my imagination. That…
Sharing My Love of the Written Word for the Holidays
I have always been a fan of the written word. I started reading at a young age, and when my family began to get shaken up, I think I probably escaped into books a lot. Writing has always come easily to me. Genre, topic, doesn’t entirely matter to me. When I get to put words…
What Am I Thankful For This Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving means different things to different people. Yes, we could get into all kinds of discussions about celebrating a piece of history that has all sorts of twists and turns. Certainly we can examine the faults of the Pilgrims and the awful things that happened to the Native Americans. But I would much rather look…
What Do I Name This Thing?
Sometimes it takes me a while to find the name. When I first began work on The Source Chronicles, it was my unnamed Fantasy project. I began my glossary so I could track the characters, and I called it The Source. This would, in turn, lead me to find the plot, whereby my mysterious sorcerer…
How Do I Earn a Living This Way?
I want to earn a living wage through writing. Yet for most of my life, I have been told that this is a pipe dream. Various people have told me that to earn money as an author is tricky at best. I should be realistic. It’s important I recognize that I still need to hold…
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