I was contacted the other day by a young writer who was working on a project for a class. She wanted to ask a published author a few questio...

A spiring writers often ask me: 1) Where do you get your ideas? 2) How do you create those powerful moments in the story? 3) How do yo...

Any writers out there? Here are some tips for you on how to write something NEW. http://www.speculativefaith.com/2014/01/03/how-to-do-new/ ...

I t seems to me that there is a growing population of writers who are more than ready to dish out advice about what other writers should...

{Cue Spaghetti Western Whistling} The gunslinger appears at the edge of town just as the church bell tolls high noon. The click of his ...

Surreal . That's how I'd describe my writing journey. With the receipt of my last royalty statement, I've reached a milestone t...

I f it weren't for J.R.R. Tolkien, I don't really know if I'd be an author today. It was 30 years ago this summer that my cousin...

 *Note: for you younger kids, the above picture is of a thing called a board game. It represents the beginning of the game where you would p...

About Writer's Block. .. A young writer asked me what to do about writer's block. I've posted on this before, but maybe you...

W elcome to Behind the Scenes, Part 2. As you know, Author Christopher Hopper and I are working on a new fantasy series called The Berinfell...

Welcome to BTS , part one, the first segment where I'll take you behind the curtain to see what goes into inventing, writing, editing, a...

W hen I was little, the first three Star Wars movies came out and blew everyone away. The special effects of Lucas' ILM took us places w...

I f you like Serial Killer Mysteries along the lines of James Patterson but with laughs and introspection in the vein of Robert Crais, JA Ko...

I f you're a little late to the party, allow me to explain what you're seeing in the image above. This is a piece, the 3rd so far, o...

W ell, well, it seems many of you solved the mystery of the previous post. {Ahem, how many of you peeked?} The picture clips you see are ind...

D EADLINES : Even the word sounds ominous. The finality of the concept is frightening: something is due. There are no excuses. No exceptions...