by David | Dec 19, 2012 | Articles, Fictorians
So, once you have the work started, how do you keep the words flowing? Sometimes, of course, you don’t have that problem. Sometimes you have to hustle to keep up with the flow. But sometimes, eh, you might have to encourage things a little. This isn’t...
by David | Sep 19, 2012 | Articles, Fictorians
What do you do when your brainchild is stillborn? What do you do when the story you’ve spent months-years-in crafting and writing, the story you’ve almost literally sweated blood over, the story you love more than all your other literary children . . ....
by David | Aug 8, 2012 | Articles, Fictorians
I love comics. And one webcomic in particular has hit the top of my list: Girl Genius, by Phil and Kaja Foglio. (If you haven’t tried it, go here. I’ll wait.) All of which is prelude to this review of the first volume of the novelization of the comic: ...
by David | Jun 30, 2012 | Articles
That story I wrote and sold in 53.5 hours? It’s been published in The Grantville Gazette volume 42. It’s entitled “The Evening of the Day”, and the illustrations by Garrett Vance are very good. Caveat: even though it’s not very long,...
by David | Jun 13, 2012 | Articles, Fictorians
The writing business is in an incredible turmoil right now. It has been for a long time, actually. And right now, there are doom-sayers and prognosticators all over the place predicting that traditional publishing is on its last legs and the only way to go is...
by David | Jun 5, 2012 | Articles
I had a rather unusual experience a few days ago. Wednesday evening (5/30/12) I had an idea for a story. (That’s not the unusual part. I frequently get ideas for stories. I’d be in trouble if I didn’t.) But the idea didn’t arrive fully...
