I have been reading comicbooks for most of my life (over 30 years; I’m 45 now). Most of them have been — and still are — superhero books. I’ve been playing role-playing games for just as long; it’s no surprise then that I write for superhero games. Now comes this news: Zenith Comics Acquires SUPERS! Story […]
Category: Writing Craft
This is a difficult choice:
http://ricktheraven.wordpress.com/category/white-zombie/ This anthology is looking for more stories (and the blog uses a similar theme too). I’d try my luck with it, because the only way to improve your writing voice is to use it. The problem: I don’t write horror at all, including zombie fiction. I don’t have the stomach for it. This isn’t […]
Fiction or Non?
Publishing on Kindle non-fiction is the better seller. People want their problems answered. The difficulty for me is that I’m a fiction author. Fiction also sells, but not as much. I’ll strive for a happy medium: I’ll publish many non-fiction books in order to make more money… however I’ll still write and publish fiction to […]
Getting my Work in Order
I have written roleplaying products and had them published since 1994. I’m currently working on the second edition of one I had published in 2007. I’m now writing it for 4 systems. The funny thing is that the original game is now on its third edition. While getting my writing begun I had trouble finding […]
On Writing Books
Some people are puzzled by this: I am a writer, yet I still get books aimed at new writers like ones about plot, or creating characters, or on dialogue, and so on. Some books just make sense; I’m self-publishing on the Kindle, so I’m reading many books about that. In a few months I won’t […]
Where Letter-Writing Isn’t a Dead ART
Some people have bemoaned that thanks to things like Facebook, Twitter and blogs, the art of letter-writing is dead and gone. That’s not really the case though: I’m a member of the fanzine community, where it’s very much alive. “fanzine” is short for “fan magazine”. They are periodicals devoted to a favored subject. I’m a […]