On Writing

My nights this week have been focused beneath the weak little spot of light that I do my research under while sitting on the couch. Everything else around me is dark. There’s an as assemblage of [...]

Oh, it's certainly that time of week again: today, we're poking at a trope that pisses off people pretty quick: writers are either for or against it, but divided they stand and the rift that [...]

Monsters. Making them. Breaking them. Setting up the big reveal. Prolonging the suspense. Making them scary... And how monster archetypes work in contemporary fiction. I've got a selection of [...]

This is a particular collection specific to writer-types dabbling in the supernatural stuff. Since this is the place where I live and breathe ninety percent of the time, it follows that a lot of [...]

You're not a writer if you're not writing. I've heard it countless times, and true enough, while I might be suffering the first slings of burnout following this insane vacation, I did write my [...]

"Why does this suck?" is a question I'm asking myself a lot these days. I've got two projects going simultaneously, because trying to control either is impossible, and trying to contain myself is [...]

Let's begin today with a bit of backstory: I wrote my first manuscript not so long ago. It was never intended to be a lonely standalone; rather, it fits into a larger and more ambitious project [...]

Absent the old writing anchor, I often find myself dallying between being completely charmed by irregular creatures who've made the smallest gestures of kindness, and wallowing in a state of [...]

I've lived two lives. There's a time before, and a time after, and the designation between one and the other is marked off by a shift in perspective brought about by the death of two family [...]

Not so long ago, I started parsing through a few resources to better situate my supporting character. I wasn’t sure where he fit, as he’s a bit anti-conformist, not very well liked for his past [...]