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February 27, 2019
Questioning Fairy Tales
I’ve always been interested in folk and fairy tales, as far back as I can remember. I grew up with Grimm’s fairy tales, as a lot of people like me do, and for a long time I thought that was that: Grimm’s was how a fairy tale should be told. Later, of course, I started […]
February 25, 2019
New Release: Ever After Fairy Tales #2, Innocence and Deceit
Ever After Fairy Tales #2: Innocence and Deceit Universal Buy Link | Goodreads (reviews) Cinderella’s not so innocent, but neither is Prince Charming. Innocence and Deceit, the second volume in the Ever After Fairy Tales anthology series, contains fourteen fairy tales retold, reimagined, and reinvented. Enter the magical, unpredictable, wonderful world of fairy tales! Contains my short story, […]
February 20, 2019
How to Study Fiction, Part 22: The Fall of the House of Usher
This is part of a series on how to study fiction, mainly directed at writers who have read all the beginning writing books and are like, “What now?!?” The rest of the series is here. You may also want to check out the series on pacing, here, which I’m eventually going to fold into this series when […]
February 13, 2019
The Learned Something New Blues
Side note – I’m trying to write more articles for readers (instead of or in addition to helping writers get better at their craft). Normally, the advice that writers get on “what to blog about” is to write about the same thing that you’re researching for your current works in progress. Right now, I’m working […]
February 6, 2019
How to Study Fiction, Part 21: The Fall of the House of Usher
This is part of a series on how to study fiction, mainly directed at writers who have read all the beginning writing books and are like, “What now?!?” The rest of the series is here. You may also want to check out the series on pacing, here, which I’m eventually going to fold into this series when […]
January 23, 2019
How to Study Fiction, Part 20: The Fall of the House of Usher
This is part of a series on how to study fiction, mainly directed at writers who have read all the beginning writing books and are like, “What now?!?” The rest of the series is here. You may also want to check out the series on pacing, here, which I’m eventually going to fold into this series when […]
January 9, 2019
How to Study Fiction, Part 19: The Fall of the House of Usher
This is part of a series on how to study fiction, mainly directed at writers who have read all the beginning writing books and are like, “What now?!?” The rest of the series is here. You may also want to check out the series on pacing, here, which I’m eventually going to fold into this series when […]
December 27, 2018
Current Marketing Strategies
I didn’t have the time or energy to write a long post this week, but yesterday I ended up checking in with myself about what I know about marketing. Admittedly, this isn’t much. But when I started trying to bootstrap myself out of complete lack of sales, it was less, so I’m gonna count it […]
December 19, 2018
How to Study Fiction, Part 18: Intro to some case studies on Poe
This is part of a series on how to study fiction, mainly directed at writers who have read all the beginning writing books and are like, “What now?!?” The rest of the series is here. You may also want to check out the series on pacing, here, which I’m eventually going to fold into this series when […]
December 12, 2018
How to Study Fiction, Part 17: Structure, Part 5
This is part of a series on how to study fiction, mainly directed at writers who have read all the beginning writing books and are like, “What now?!?” The rest of the series is here. You may also want to check out the series on pacing, here, which I’m eventually going to fold into this series when […]
