What makes me write? Oh, that’s easy. The little blue imp with the electric cattle prod makes me. Well, not really, but that is what it feels like sometimes. Especially when you are not in the mood to put pen to paper, but then your conscience digs at you to move your butt and get…
Last weekend the family went to visit Newark, Ohio on a research trip for some storylines I want to write for The Way to Freedom series. I wanted to have a look firsthand at the prehistoric earthworks that are located around the area. There are quite a few of them! The Newark Earthworks are the largest…
I thought that I might tell you all a little bit about where I got the idea for the group known as ‘The Kalarthri’. The Kalarthri are drawn from the second born children of the Suene Empire and are used as an indentured ‘slave’ workforce for a period of thirty years. After that, the Kalarthri are pensioned off…
Real life dragons! (or cool looking lizards….) I thought I would share these here, as I love lizards and reptiles and these are beautiful little creatures. I might have to feature something like them in a future story. Armadillo Girdled Lizard – Cordylus cataphractus – from South Africa. If you enjoyed this article, get email…
Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors: The Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial China by Ann Paludan This is an excellent history book. It is well organized and a useful reference work for projects and information purposes. It is also well enough written to be an enjoyable read. It does not pretend to be a general/complete…
I will openly admit that I have been reading a horrendous amount of Agatha Christie of late (my own favorites being Evil under the Sun and Death on the Nile), and felt inspired to write a brief post about her career and what can be learned from it. Agatha Christie was a master at her…
This article was originally published on Bookmarketingtools.com No really, chocolate is good for you. Dark chocolate can even help you lose weight! But as with all good things, for the above to be true, chocolate should be eaten in small quantities. That means those small quantities had better be good. The same can be said…
The Procrastinators Guide to Story Avoidance Nice catchy title, and oh so true in my case. (Case in point – me writing this blog post is a good example – I should be finishing The Station). I also have a horrible habit of going off topic, (yet another symptom of procrastination), so I’ll try my…
This article was originally published on Bookmarketingtools.com Writing Inspiration Have you ever been in a conversation with someone and they say something that sparks a story idea in your head? (…then you miss the rest of the conversation because you are desperately trying to imprint the idea in your brain so you can get it…
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