Post-apocolyptic dystopian author W.G. Hladky explains where his inspiration came from to use Fernsehturms in his post-apocolyptic dystopian books.
Writing
Showing Instead of Telling: Make the Most of the Details
We're excited to start a new series of posts that focus on one particular part of the writing process in deep detail—showing instead of telling. It's an important part of writing that many authors know of but don't totally understand. Even those who do understand what...
Guest Post: Story Ideas Are Like Autumn Winds
We finally have the joyous occasion of celebrating a long-awaited release: Haven Divided by Josh de Lioncourt! If you haven't read Haven Lost and its short prequel Harmony's Song, now is the time to grab them—they're free starting today through August 3! Haven...
Magazines for Writers of Children and Teen Stories
If you write books for children and teens and you'd like to get an agent or be traditionally published, consider writing for children and teen magazines. Publishing houses and agents are more likely to consider your book if you've got some genre-appropriate...
~ The Importance of Rewriting ~
Fantasy author Amie Irene Winters is launching the final book in her Strange Luck series on Friday, September 22. A Darling Secret is an adventure full of unusual landscapes, new magic, and constant twists and turns. Pre-order here! In the meantime, here's her...
Killer Stories: Pick Your Poison
If you're a crime writer, a mystery novelist, or you just need to bump off a character without violence or bloodshed, using poison might be your cup of tea...or maybe in their cup of tea. Sometimes writers think it's easy to just pick out any poison and use it to kill...
Got Writer’s Block? 3 Outside-The-Box Ideas To Break Free
If you've ever had writer's block - and what writer hasn't? - you know how frustrating it is. You've got a story to tell, it's banging on the walls of your brain trying to get out, but you just can't hear what it wants to say. Or you want to enter a writing contest...
The Dark New World of YA Neo-Noir Fiction Writing
Dark streets. Shadowy figures. Tough talk. A dead body. Have we just walked into a 1930s Humphrey Bogart film noir movie? No, we're stepping into one of the hot new contemporary subgenres: YA neo-noir. Noir writing made a big comeback a few years ago, but the...
Adele’s Lesson To Writers – And Everyone Else
"I'm sorry. I can't mess this up..." "I was devastated." These are the now world-famous words of Grammy Award winner Adele, who showed the world that even in front of millions of people, it's better to stop, start over and do it right rather than forge ahead with a...
Fantasy Writers: Magazines for Your Story Submissions
If you're a fantasy writer looking to submit short stories to magazines, you know how time consuming and frustrating it can be searching online for the right fit, spending precious time clicking and clicking when you'd rather be writing and submitting. We're going to...