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How To Make Your Daily Walk Part of Your Creative Practice
In previous posts, I’ve written about how walking in a relaxed state with an open mind can lead to creative insight and new ideas. In fact, many authors consider their daily walking a part of their creative practice, as they… Continue reading
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How to Include More Diversity in Your Fiction
The publishing industry is constantly improving in response to reader’s feedback and the natural progression of society and culture in general. For this reason, it is essential that writers challenge themselves to include more diversity in their fiction. Think about… Continue reading
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How Do You Know When A Project Is Finished?
One could argue that creative projects are never really done. Like any skill, our creative processes and practices improve over time. You are a better writer today than you were yesterday, and you’re definitely a better writer now than you… Continue reading
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Interview with YA author Stacy Nottle
Like many authors, Stacy Nottle’s has a rich and varied work history having worked as a shearer’s cook, a waitress, a scientific research assistant, a high school science teacher; and as a careers counsellor in an all boys’ boarding school. Stacy’s… Continue reading
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The One Writing Hack That Can Change Everything
We’ve all heard the writing advice to read as much and as widely as possible. The reason for this advice is fairly simple. If you are a fantasy writer and you only read fantasy novels, you run the risk of… Continue reading
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Is Social Media Killing Us?
When people talk about social media, you’d be forgiven for thinking that they were describing a dysfunctional romantic relationship. We’ve all read countless articles and watched news segments about how harmful social media can be. For some, these online platforms… Continue reading
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Can We Separate the Artist from the Art
Two weeks ago I posted Part 1 of Alexander Greco’s essay, Lovecraft: The Never and Forever King Part 1. You can see where I’m going with this, right? Yup, you guessed it! This week’s post is PART 2! But first, a… Continue reading
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Interview with Fantasy Author Shayla Morgansen
Interview with Fantasy Author Shayla Morgansen I first met Shayla a year ago while attending the WRN Conference on the Gold Coast. Quickly after meeting, we discovered a shared interest in Fantasy fiction and self-publishing. Standing beside the catering table… Continue reading
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100 Blog Posts
I’m not sure how I missed this, but my most recent post was my 100th blog! To celebrate reaching 100 writing advice posts, I’ve decided to curate my most popular blogs into one tidy post. You’re welcome. Writing, revising and publishing… Continue reading
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Lovecraft: The Never and Forever King Part 1
Lovecraft was a self-professed atheist and that many scholars describe his work as xenophobic and misogynist (via the exclusion of women in his fiction). And yet, concepts of Lovecraft’s work can be found everywhere from music (Metallica’s Call of Cthulhu)… Continue reading
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