I prefer long-form fiction (novels) over short stories, and long series are even better, the kind that follow the same group of people over a
Setup and Payoff
AKA, the new buzzwords in entertainment criticism, mostly directed toward writers and screenwriters who don’t show setup and payoff. But there’s some sense behind the
Is This A New Thing?
Years ago, I was mentoring someone (I’ve mentioned it here before) who thought “Novel” was a length. Before you go “but novel is a length.”
Research: But Where Do I Stop?
Pulling a Book Out of Stubborn Researchers? Author Photo, Swabisch Hall, Germany, June 2018. “Stop when you have what you need.” It’s the sort of
Wolfbane
What is the one thing you would change about yourself? For some reason wordpress thought that was the question I ought to address today. The
Building Better Blurbs
I’d finally got progress on The Chapter of Stuckage (it went a lot faster once I sat down, and said “who is with whom this
Mad Genius Club 