Rewriting H.P. Lovecraft, Reclaiming the Mythos: A Writers’ Roundtable

This is an interesting article at the The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog which examines how today’s writers are reclaiming...

Using Boilerplates in Movable Type

For those of you using Movable Type as your blogging platform, there’s an interesting, and rarely talked about feature called...

What Editors Look for on an Opening Page

This is an interesting article for me, as I’m reworking the first chapter of one of my books. I had...

Should You Self-Publish or Traditionally Publish?

This article by Jane Friedman is an interesting one, because it looks at other motives besides money. Do you want...

How to Write an Author Bio

This article is a must-read for artists and writers who want to impress people in shows, and on the back...

How To Get Traffic To Your Blog

I could have just tweeted this post from Writer’s Life.org, but that wouldn’t have brought anyone to my blog. Ah,...

10 Things to Do Instead of Writing

Sometimes you just can’t get a word out. You’re staring at the page, the title says “Chapter 1,” but there’s...

When Netflix Goes Glitchy

I was idly scanning through Netflix last night, and noticed that the same description kept following me through the selections....

#amreading Patrick Wensink

Broken Piano for President is … well, just read it. I can never remember what happened when I come off...

#amreading Victor LaValle

“The Ballad of Black Tom” is a #Cthulhu mythos story based on “The Horror at Red Hook.” Set in 1920s...