Readers connect to Emotional Truths
Readers don’t connect to plots, they connect to emotional truths. When there are no new plots, only new twists, what […]
Disclosure Day
Disclosure Day. A re-tread of Spielberg’s Greatest Hits; ET and Close Encounters meets the X-Files, without any of the wonder.
More than a Hero’s Journey
Use whatever plot structure you want; story is more than a hero’s journey.
Worldshift 2026
WorldShift 2026, the Speculative Fiction Writers’ Conference returns August 17-22. An online event not just for sci-fi and fantasy authors.
Hubris defeats the Master Strategist
No matter the antagonist’s intelligence, drive or competence, hubris defeats the master strategist. In the second book of my series,
A Monster of his own Making
The last of my series villains is a monster of his own making. No amount of wealth or titles can
The Savage Antagonist
My series villains includes one seemingly simple brute: the savage antagonist. A man of rage and violence, born out of
Hero-Saviour-Monster-Villain
At the center of my series is an antagonist who is all things to all men: Hero-Saviour-Monster-Villain. My challenge? To
Conventions of the Urban-fantasy Genre
With the latest accidental project I need to understand the conventions of the Urban-Fantasy Genre. As if I don’t have
Not-so-accidental Tropes
Unplanned, unintended, unhinged; the finished novel is full of not-so-accidental tropes. Welcome to genre fiction.