I was recently approached about writing a guest article for NFReads.com, and I had to really take some time to think about just what I would say. I knew that I would want to talk about my journey into writing, but I wasn’t sure just how I wanted to do it. I felt like I’d…
The words “When does the next book come out?” are a double-edged sword to a writer. While it means that people are really excited about your work, it also means that you’ll be hearing until you actually release your next book. So the most recent time I heard it, it got me thinking: what I…
Ok, time to flex my writing muscles, I said to myself. I had taken out my backpack, put on my headphones (on the Classical station from Pandora, the only music I can listen to without getting distracted), cracked my knuckles like they do in the movies, and went to work. …Or at least I tried…
Previously, on Gift of the Shaper If you’ve been following my Facebook posts, you’ll know that I started doing a YouTube series for readings from Gift of the Shaper. It’s my latest attempt to try and add more dimensions to the book by giving you access to my thoughts behind characters and my process for…
Have you ever read an action scene that just seemed to drag on? What about important dialogue that seemed to fly by way too fast? If you’ve experienced either of those and been annoyed, you’ve experienced poor pacing, and you have a right to be upset. In this “Basics of Writing” entry, I’ll try to…
Writing a Book? Here’s Where to Start One of the questions that I get asked the most is “what advice do you have for someone trying to write a book?” My answer is almost always some variation of “the only way to write a book is to write a book.” And by that I mean,…
I’m two weeks into the launch of my Epic Fantasy Gift of the Shaper and I couldn’t be happier. If you follow me on Facebook, you’ll know that not only is it my first book, but that I’m also well into writing the sequel. I meant it when I labeled Gift of the Shaper as “Book one…
A good character needs a good name Above all, I’ve always loved coming up with names. Whenever I sit down to write, I always try to fit the name to the character/person I’m writing. In one sense, the name becomes the character: you hear it, and picture them in your head. You couldn’t imagine George R.R. Martin’s…
