I had the opportunity to watch Haywire this week, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring the impressive Gina Carano. Now, I won’t make more of this than it is: as […]
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Nothing In, Nothing Out: I’m Not Reading Enough
Back when I did the DFW Writer’s Conference last year, the keynote speaker said, in part of her keynote speech, “Stephen King reads four hours a day and writes four […]
Read moreSlept The Whole Way Interview
I was interviewed for my play for ScriptWork’s Out of Ink, opening this weekend. —Marshall Ryan Maresca’s SLEPT THE WHOLE WAY is part of Out of Ink: Sound Off, the […]
Read moreOrganization of Worldbuilding
I’ve mentioned before how I have the various nations of the world that Druthal occupies given some degree of definition in “National Documents”. These are, in essence, a handful of […]
Read moreUncommon Questions in Worldbuilding
When it comes to worldbuilding, I live by the Iceberg Rule: Most of it goes unseen. Another way to look at it is the corollary to “Show, Don’t Tell”: Know, […]
Read moreElves and Originality
Tim Akers, author of “The Horns of Ruin”, writes “In Defense of Elves“, where he defends using elves in fantasy fiction. Or, at least, that’s what it says the article […]
Read more“Slow and steady wins the race” – Blog Post 200
Way back in high school, for a drama class, I strapped a spray-painted cardboard box to my back and played the Tortoise in a little production of The Tortoise and […]
Read moreGender Awareness and POV
So I was reading an article the other day, and at one point it quoted this scene from George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones: “When she went to the stables, […]
Read moreA Question From My Agent
Last week my agent posted on his blog about “series death“, including this question: What can you as a writer do to hold onto that “core value” of a series? […]
Read moreWhy are we stuck in the Middle Ages?
Something has been picking at my brain for a while, and it’s something I will fully cop to being somewhat complicit in myself. Why is the fantasy genre stuck in […]
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