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Fantasy Warfare Part 2: The Lay of the Land
“On the Southern spur, in its lower slopes and in the rock at its feet, the Elves were set; on the Eastern spur were men and dwarves. But Bard and some of the nimblest of men and elves climbed to … Continue reading
Fantasy Warfare Part 1: Capturing realism when you’ve (hopefully) never personally stabbed someone with a sword
I had this series simmering in the back of my mind for a while, but after I watched this recent hilarious video from College Humor, I decided it would be the perfect lead-in. So take a few seconds and watch … Continue reading
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Tagged combat, editing, fantasy, reading, realism, The Prince of Graves, warfare, writing
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From Horror, back to Fantasy …Writing Updates
I’m happy to report that my recent work in progress, the horror short story In Vampire Ligno, has been completed, and has survived my first round of edits. I’ve now handed the roughly 15,500 word story over to my first … Continue reading
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Tagged Desolation War Saga, editing, fantasy, horror, The Prince of Graves, wip, writing
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The First 97 Mistakes are the Worst
A few days ago I was rifling through my Nook library. On a whim, I decided to open up The Perishing Land, my apocalyptic horror story that I offer for free on Smashwords. It took all of a second, on … Continue reading
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Tagged editing, horror, publish, publishing, self publish, self publishing, short story, writing
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Amercia vs America: High-profile examples on why everyone needs a copy editor
Thought I’d pass along this well-written opinion piece posted on CNN a couple of days ago (Why ‘Amercia’ needs copy editors, by Merrill Perlman). It’s not that Ms. Perlman’s op-ed position is particularly controversial, but she calls attention to a part … Continue reading
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Now this is embarrassing: the lightening that would have struck twice #writing #editing
I published a blog update shortly after the beta readers for The Prince of Graves had finished their work. The article, Lightening Strikes and Hoards, described how my beta readers had found some pretty bone-headed grammar mistakes. One of the … Continue reading
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Tagged beta, beta readers, blog, editing, publishing, readers, reading, writing
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Bringing a sword (and a ghost) to a gun fight. Is genre-hopping a good idea?
Over the past few weeks I’ve been re-reading and re-editing my first manuscript, Chasing After Vanity. As you may recall, Vanity is a crime-humor story (the prologue is linked above in the main menu bar). In addition, I’ve been spending … Continue reading
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Tagged crime, editing, fantasy, genre, humor, mystery, writing
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The Evil Equation: Rise of eBooks + Self Publishing = Death of Print Books. Really? #writing
Few topics stir such passion among avid readers as “what is the future of the print book?” Will eBooks completely replace print books? When writers are introduced into the debate a number of related topics inevitably sprout up, often around … Continue reading
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Tagged books, creative writing, ebooks, editing, publishing, self publish, self publishing, writing
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The Weathered Journal 