Author: Blake Smith

Not ‘time travel.’ The WIP is still chugging along, slowly and reluctantly, but I’m going in a different direction today. I may have discussed fictional

Today’s post is slightly odd. Is there any other kind? Let’s talk about following directions. I have been known to do so, very occasionally (stop

Today, class, we’ll be doing a thought exercise. Okay, you’ll be doing a thought exercise, because I can’t be trusted to treat the subject fairly

I’ve recently discovered the concept of ‘try-fail cycles’ in writing. Like many things, I knew this existed for a long time before I learned exactly

I killed my sleep cycle again- I can’t even blame Daylight Savings for this one- so I’m stumbling around like a zombie. So I’m going

Or, trusting your readers Trust is a tricky thing. Learning to trust praise is even harder. I still assume most people are ‘just being polite’