Archive for August 2015
The Earth We Forgot
Here’s a little sci-fi short I stumbled across this morning: The Earth We Forgot by Olof Storm. The dialogue is sort of cheezy, but it grows on you. The animation is incredibly simplistic, but that, too, grows on you. Happy Sunday morning ya’ll… Get out there and enjoy it!
Read MoreTouching Base (Hugo Awards, Time Heist Audio, and Rock Climbing)
I’ve got some real juicy articles in the pipeline for you folks. There’ll be interviews with some hot, up and coming authors you should definitely be reading, some reviews for books that haven’t even hit the shelf yet (Yes, I totally use my time travel abilities to get my hands on books before their release. Lamest…
Read MoreDon’t Feed The Trolls…But Feel Free To Kick Them In The Gonads (FREE Books over here!)
Aw, how cute. Somebody just carpet bombed all my books on Goodreads with 1 star ratings. An effective strategy for… For what exactly? See, what I can’t figure out is, if you thought the first book was 1 star worthy, why read the next one? And if you thought that one was 1 star worthy as…
Read MoreFan Art and Audio Books
I’m a sucker for fan art. Thanks to The Mad Artist for the little pick-me-up on this slow, hot Sunday afternoon. Check out his site if you’re in need of some graphic art. I haven’t personally used him, but the stuff on his site looks great. TheMadArtist. For those interested, by the way, I’ve begun…
Read MoreInner Dialogue: Why You Need to Stop Talking To Yourself (Writing Workshop)
Vocalized or not, we are all just sitting around talking to ourselves. It’s called Inner Dialogue and it’s pretty much how we process…well…everything. To prove this point, go find your favorite bean-bag chair and spend the next five minutes sitting quietly. Let your mind wander wherever it may, don’t censor yourself or try and corral…
Read MoreMichael Patrick Hicks Interview
Michael Patrick Hicks blipped onto my radar last winter about the time I was releasing Time Heist. His debut novel, Convergence, was a hot little piece of writing that shared many technological viewpoints as my own work. I was intrigued enough to pick up a copy, which is a good thing, ’cause as it turned out, Convergence was awesome.…
Read MoreNew News: What My Fingers Have Been Up To
If you haven’t heard by now, let me go ahead and throw a moist newspaper at your face: I’m contributing content over at SF Signal. It’s a big deal for me, because the folks over there have been putting out quality work for a long, long time now. What’s that mean for us over here…
Read MoreSidekick Some Ass! (Writing Workshop)
Ah, the sidekick. An oft overlooked, but (if done properly) ever present force for your storytelling good. When I wrote Cheating Your Way To Likable Characters, I talked a bit about how giving your main character a friend is one of the most important things you can do in establishing your main character’s likability. A…
Read MoreDialogue: It’s All About The He Said, She Said Bull…(Writing Workshop)
Today’s topic is extra-super important so why don’t you butt-scoot a bit closer, take your earbuds out, put the phone and curling iron down, and listen up; we’re talking Dialogue today. Before we dive in elbows deep in storytelling ichor, let’s do a little group visualization. Think back on the last really good movie you…
Read MoreTwo Serpents Rise Review
It’s been a bit since my last review. Blame that on the fact that I’ve been reading a butt-load of non-fiction recently. Or on the fact that I just haven’t felt like posting any reviews on account of the fact that a lot of the books I’ve read in the last few months have given…
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