The second video in my outlining series shows you how to create plot & character arcs using the premise we created in video one. Let me know what you think! The reception to the first one was really great, and if you guys like these I’ll keep making similar craft videos. For those tracking Destroyer‘s…
Outlining Your Novel Part 1- Brainstorming Your Premise
Quite a few people asked during the 21 Day Novel Challenge how I generate outlines. This is the first video I’ve put together in a series explaining the details of how I approach outlining my novels.
Dungeons & Dragons and Reader Psychology
I’ve been a dice carrying geek since I was six. For those not familiar with games like Dungeons & Dragons, you sit around a table method acting. Each person assumes the role of a character, and one person is the game master. The game master helps the players interact with a shared, fictional world. Being…
Full Time Author
Wow. Just wow. Saturday morning marks the achievement of a lifelong dream, one I first conceived when I was six years old. That was the first time I realized I wanted to tell stories for a living. I gave that dream up twice. First when I turned eighteen and realized I wasn’t some perfect snowflake…
Marketing is Farming, Not Hunting
Writing a novel is an immense undertaking, and before you finish it you think it’s the most daunting thing you’ll ever do. Then you DO finish it, and suddenly you need to figure out how to get people to read it. Before long you realize you need to learn this strange sorcery called marketing, so…
You Must Write
This article is for anyone who has given in to the Great Lie, that Great Writers ™ are born, not made. It’s a commonly accepted fact that some people have innate artistic talent, and others do not. That only the chosen few can reach the lofty height of the Great Writer. It’s also horse shit….
5,000 Words Per Hour is live on Amazon and iTunes
A couple months back I embarked on the rather ambitious plan to write a non-fiction book (my first), which would launch with a companion iPhone app. The amount of work that went into creating software that would perfectly dovetail with a book was challenging, but very rewarding. Today both are finally live! You can download…
How Gamification Will Dramatically Increase Your Word Count.
Odds are good you use Facebook, Twitter or at the very least email, right? If so you’re familiar with the little red badges that signify notifications. If you’re like me your response is oooh, there’s something new to check! This happens most often on my smartphone, while standing in line at the grocery store, waiting…
10x Thinking: Applying startup methodology to indie publishing
This is a reprint of a post I made over on Kboards, but it was suggested I include it as a blog post as well. I don’t do a lot of posts aimed at indie publishers, but why the heck not? I live in the land of Uber and Fitbit, where Apple is king and…
Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of the Indie Author
I discovered D&D when I was six. Several older kids were hunched around books and dice at a corner table in the library. I was fascinated and asked to join, but they told me I was too young. It was one of the best things that’s ever happened to me. See, I don’t deal well…