It’s often hard to find time to devote to your personal writing, especially after a long day at work or when inspiration runs a bit thin. Everyday life is sometimes a writer’s worst nightmare when trying to find time to work on that novel, blog post or short story. To help fill the time in between larger chunks of writing, many have turned to shorter fiction, sometimes to the extreme, Read More...
I’m going to go ahead and admit that I love my computer. I use it for everything. Email, graphic design, television shows and writing. Everything that I do, I depend on my desktop or one of the several laptops I have at my disposal.
Twitter is a great place to connect and interact with a fantastic community of writers. You have the #fridayflash crowd, the #tuesdayserial Tweeps and the #amwriting hashtag to name a few. All of these talented writers produce great work, maintain interesting blogs and actively engage in writing communities across the web. With so many writers on Twitter, there’s a wealth of information, news and encouragement, all in bite-sized nuggets of Read More...
One week has passed since I announced my comment spam story project. I’m happy to say that the spam hasn’t slowed down since that announcement. I’ve gotten some great material to work with. I have close to 40 spam comments saved, some with some really weird content in them, and at this point I’m not quite sure how I’m going to string it all together into a coherent story. I Read More...
Every blogger I know talks about the disease known as comment spam. I am going to use comment spam for this project. Over the past several weeks, I’ve noticed the amount of comment spam on my blog go up. Luckily, Akismet catches almost 100 percent of the comment spam, and what’s missed is caught by me since I hold every comment for moderation before it is posted to the site. Read More...
Okay, it’s time for more images to inspire creativity. I recently listed 10 images that inspired me to write, and thought it would be good to list ten more. Images and photographs are a great way to stay inspired anytime, because the images give you a way to be somewhere else. No matter where you are, a great photograph or picture can take you somewhere else. Sometimes that small distraction Read More...
Today I wanted to give you an excerpt from my published book, Overpopulation: The Choosing. The book is about one man’s struggle to escape the death sentence handed down by a government agency called The Choosing. The Choosing is a government agency commissioned to control overpopulation by killing off a predetermined list of citizens each year. Enjoy this excerpt from Overpopulation: The Choosing.
A few years back, I started a story called The Muse Cycle. I plan on writing more about The Muse Cycle and the complex concept behind the plot of the story soon, but for now, I wanted to share an excerpt from the book. I never finished the book in its entirety, though I did finish a first draft. As such, this excerpt is from the unedited (save for slight Read More...
Previously, I shared a list of five books to help combat writer’s block. Today I want to share five more books for writers trying to hone their craft or strengthen their story structure. These books are invaluable references for writers, and truly assist with all aspects of story creation without feeling like homework. I chose these five books because they are fun and engaging in addition to being great sources Read More...
A few years back I started a project tentatively titled The Serpent’s Soul. The story focused around a man led to believe he was Jesus Christ, the second coming. Satan, in the guise of a man named Darius Janis led him to believe this in order to force the prophecies of the end times to come true early. The project fizzled and sat on my hard drive for a long Read More...