by admin | Jul 18, 2018 | Books, Writing
This is an important question, both for writers and for readers. The anti hero has gain prominence lately, and there are a lot of reasons for that. But it’s less a question of “should my protagonist be flawed?” and more a question of “how flawed should my protagonist...
by admin | Jun 3, 2018 | Books, Writing
Saw the new Deadpool movie recently. Loved it. Recently, I read a discussion about it, and one of the points brought up was the use of tropes and cliches, and was it enough to be self aware and hang a lampshade on the trope, or if it still counted as lazy...
by admin | Apr 4, 2018 | Books, e-books, Writing
Every book began with a first draft. And they were all flawed, riddled with typos, plot holes, cliches, and bad ideas. Even the greats. Even your favorites. Every once in a while you can find early drafts of big, important books, and they are almost always...
by admin | Feb 10, 2018 | Books, Writing
If there’s one thing agents and marketers hate, it’s a book or movie that doesn’t have a clear genre. It’s simple to market a fantasy, just slap a half naked barbarian and a dragon on the cover. Science fiction just needs a rocket ship or a robot, romance just needs a...
by admin | Oct 28, 2017 | American dream, Books, Doomsday, End of the World as we know it, History, Mr Sunshine, politics, publishing
So, this happened. For those of you too lazy to click the link, I’ll provide some background. The s/f cartoon Rick and Morty made a craving for McDonald’s discontinued Szechuan Dipping Sauce into a thing. It was a joke on the show, and as happens so often in geek...
by admin | Oct 28, 2017 | Books, Writing
It’s a difficult thing to write in isolation. For one thing, it’s not easy to find motivation ti write when nobody’s reading what you’ve written. Just having a group pf writers who exchange works on a deadline can help push you to buckle down and be productive. It’s...
