A couple days ago I was interviewed by Kaamil Garyson of Sinister Prose, and even better it was a full video call via Skype! You can view the whole thing direct on YouTube right Here, or view the embed which should (hopefully) appear below. You can also check it out on his blog.
Tag: SF
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Writing Tips: Time Travel In A Story
Time travel is one of those things that is great as a concept, but all too often a horrible miss in execution. Be it in books, movies, or TV, too often the author thinks that the phrase “It’s time travel, who can understand it?”, or “Temporal physics gives me a headache,” is all they need …
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Writing Tips: Designing Aliens and Monsters
Every good SF or Fantasy story needs its monsters or aliens, but it is not enough to simply slap together something ugly and then drop it in front of the characters. To make your story believable in any setting, the monsters must feel as real as everything else. First off, the creature has to make …
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Writing Tips: 3 Secrets to Writing Long Novels
There are a lot of tips and strategies that people suggest and use for doing what it takes to write an epic novel, but no matter what fine point or strategy one chooses, no matter what preference one tells you or secret one has for writing that book, it really comes down to three simply …
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Characters of Maldene: The King
Of course every fantasy world has its kings, but this is one in particular. Known only as “The King”, his given name as unknown as his past, it is said he was found as a young child wandering in the woods then raised by the peasants who found him. He rose to become King of …
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Writing Tips: Messages In A Story
A lot of writers have a certain message they would like to put into a story. That is all fine and well, but it is important to remember that the story must come first. No matter how strong or important a message you may have, it will not be heard if the reader doesn’t finish …
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Characters of Maldene: Miro
Every good epic has its villain, and for Maldene this is Miro (pronounced MY-RO). His origins unknown, his power undeniable, he is the most evil, most feared being on Maldene… or perhaps any other world. Power enough to conquer the world, and yet he has not, though his appearances throughout History have demonstrated his desire …
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I guest posted on Peter Pollak’s Blog
Author Peter Pollak (yes, the same one I just interviewed) invited me to guest blog at his site, and so I have. Go to www.petergpollak.com/category/blog/ to read it.
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Characters of Maldene: Bronto
Every story needs its strong man, and for Maldene, Bronto is it. A normal enough Human but for two shining attributes. The strength of an ogre and strong enough in combat, yet he would just as readily prefer to win a battle by way of a tavern and a good stout mug. Spend the day …
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Writing Tips: Magic In Your World
Fantasy worlds have one standard prerequisite: Magic. But, how does a writer use it in his story? Is it enough to simply have the wizard do whatever needs to be done and all the writer has to do is shrug and say “It’s magic” when asked how? Everything needs a logic, it’s own internal consistency, …
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