These blog posts have been filled with announcements of the shame of not seeing/reading half of these movies and books. The latest one? Night of the Living Dead. Yep, the 1960s edition. I think ...
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What Makes A Film A Cult Classic?
What Makes A Film A Cult Classic?
These blog posts have been filled with announcements of the shame of not seeing/reading half of these movies and books. The latest one? Night of the Living Dead. Yep, the 1960s edition. I think the only living dead film I’ve ever watched was one wh...
What is the Best Book Format?
What is the Best Book Format?
When I started reading World War Z, it was in eBook format. Sadly, I couldn’t find my paperback copy that I own (which included the zombie survival guide with it!), so I was trapped with borrowing the eBook from the library for the time being. It w...
Does A Short Story Make A Novel?
Does A Short Story Make A Novel?
I will be the first to admit I have never read a single Stephen King novel in my entire life. I don’t even think I’ve watched a film all the way through either. So, the fact that this was my first experience with the author is amusing in its own ...
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7 Ways You Can Build Your Author Facebook Page Faster
7 Ways You Can Build Your Author Facebook Page Faster
Too often I see writers asking how to grow their author Facebook page following. Things such as "how do I get more likes" or doing a like for like with other authors. These are all well and good, but definitely not great....
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Questionnaires
Questionnaires
So I’ve been surfing the web recently and found out that a group called SFWA had a bunch of links to different questionnaires for fantasy worlds. Now me loving to do these, it caught my eye greatly and might try to include them in my codex book...
Religion in Writing
Religion in Writing
So I love to study different religions. More specifically I love studying pagan based religions. They’re so interesting both in the modern era and in the beginning of written religion itself. As a kid I had studied ancient Greek and Roman relig...
World Building Part 1- The History
World Building Part 1- The History
We’ve seen it plenty of times, Middle Earth, The Realm, Narnia. Worlds that have never existed in this lifetime coming to life in our rooms. Many of us sit there in our room wondering how they could come up with a world like this, well I am her...
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Writing Updates: Shadow of the Crown
Writing Updates: Shadow of the Crown
This year has been crazy. I’ve written a few short stories just this year alone that I will be putting out as chapbooks for the coming year and I’m a third of the way through Shadow of the Crown. I know it doesn’t sound like much, b...
Patreon for Authors
Patreon for Authors
Kickstarter was once one of the largest websites where people could support a particular creative in order to get some stuff out of it all. However, Patreon has come and taken over the scene where it is no longer about just funding something but fund...
Writing 100k Words in a Month and Not Fail
Writing 100k Words in a Month and Not Fail
This month is #March100kChallenge in one of the groups I am in. Of course, being the NaNoWriMo nerd that I am, 100K words in one month was exciting. I mean who wouldn’t want to write all of that in a month to challenge yourself. We’ve had...
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Does “I Am Legend” Save The Cat | A Review
Does “I Am Legend” Save The Cat | A Review
First, I want to say the movie is nothing like the book it claims to be based on. Second, the dog still makes me want to cry either way. As an author, I want to constantly learn to write better by reading more books. Obviously, this was taken as just...
Achieve Your 2021 Writing Goals
Achieve Your 2021 Writing Goals
For the current year, my goal is to achieve 2,000 words per day. It has gone a bit slow this year thus far, but I am still working hard at it. Right now, my best day this month was around 1,000 words. So, half of what I wanted to do, but it has been ...
Why 4TheWords is the Best Writing Platforms Out There
Why 4TheWords is the Best Writing Platforms Out There
Recently I’ve been using 4TheWords to help my writing out. Although I was skeptical at first, I’ve come to love it within the last few days. To add to the need to write these sprints, I have monsters I have to kill! I mean, who wouldn’t be push...