When I was home in California last Christmas, I was clearing out a box of my things at my parents’ house. As a writer, sometimes it’s fun to look back at your earliest work and see how far you’ve come. I got to go over some of my earliest hits, like the very first short … Continue reading Show, Don’t Tell
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The Fun of Blogging
Here are my favorite tricks for keeping a blog. I hope you find this information interesting and helpful. Over the years, I have composed around 714 blog posts in total. I am dedicated and hope you find my tricks useful. Enjoy keeping a blog. It shouldn’t turn into a chore. Have fun with it and … Continue reading The Fun of Blogging
Writing Horror Fiction in Today’s World
Horror has a seductive hold on us. Horror is like a tentacle crawling from the crypts of our darkest dreams to suck us into horrific nightmares. Horror, if done properly, casts a dark magic, sending chills down readers’ spines. Now is the time, now is the hour. In my opinion, horror movies such as Insidious … Continue reading Writing Horror Fiction in Today’s World
Serving Real Life, But Make it Fantasy
Oscar Wilde once said, “If you want to tell people the truth, you’d better make them laugh or they’ll kill you.” I love this quote because it’s so true, and given its truth, this is why I’m a fantasy writer and not a comic. There are a lot of people out there that think fantasy … Continue reading Serving Real Life, But Make it Fantasy
Cardinal Sins in Writing
Amateur writers make a lot of mistakes. After all, writing is a learning process. You should always practice, practice, practice, and get your work edited, but what about during the process itself? What is it you should avoid as much as possible before you send your work out to the beta-readers? There are a lot … Continue reading Cardinal Sins in Writing
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