Bryan Thomas Schmidt's Blog, page 11

Upcoming Releases-2019

I am overdue letting you all know about what I have in the works. This is partially because plans are still somewhat fluid, but also because I have been waiting until I knew more to… More

WriteTip: 8 Things You Must Know About A Character To Write Them Well

The following is an excerpt from my book How To Write A Novel: The Fundamentals of Fiction, Chapter 2: Readers want your characters to seem like real people, whole, alive, believable, and worth caring about. People… More

Call For Street Team

STREET TEAM: A street team is a term used in marketing to describe a group of people who ‘hit the streets’ promoting an event or a product.  Some of you know I am starting to self-publish a series of… More

Write Tip: How To Register Copyright For Your Prose

NOTE: This is a reprint of an old post which wasn’t a WriteTip but should be. Still relevant. Hope it’s useful. In the current climate of instant everything, protecting your work is important. Anything you… More

How To Bring My Creative Writing Workshops To You

Recently, with the release of the Novel Writing Bootcamp videos from Inkitt and my book How To Write A Novel: The Fundamentals of Fiction, I am finally getting the opportunity to do more writing workshops.… More

WriteTip: Using The Five Senses

The following is an excerpt from my book How To Write A Novel: The Fundamentals of Fiction, Chapter 3: Many of us are guilty of falling into the habit of using one or two senses and… More

Rumination On The Responsibility of Freedom Of Speech

One of our most cherished values, codified in our U.S. Constitution under the Bill of Rights, is freedom of speech. It’s covered in the First Amendment, under the same clause that establishes Freedom of Religion,… More

INFINITE STARS: DARK FRONTIERS Official TOC

Here’s the final Table of Contents for INFINITE STARS: DARK FRONTIERS, coming Nov. 6 from Titan Books.

WriteTip: What Is A Premise and What Makes It Good?

The following is an excerpt from my book How To Write A Novel: The Fundamentals of Fiction, Chapter 1: The Premise In his bestselling book How to Write a Damn Good Novel, James N. Frey… More

My Life From A to Z

• A-Available/Single? Yes.• B-Best Friend? My dog, Amelie, and her brother Louie. I can’t imagine happiness without their unconditional love and enthusiasm.• C-Cake or Pie? I’ll have to go with Elvis and say cake.• D-Drink… More