Published! My New Writing Book is Now Available!

At least, for ordering online in trade paperback and as Kindle and Nook editions.  Bookstores are usually a little late to the party, but they may have it by now, as well.  I’m guessing, though, it will be a bit down the road for them, a few days or a week or so. Which new […]

First Page Jitters… and a Model of Excellence

On Day One of any writing class you’re likely to be reminded how important your first page is. I once participated in a panel discussion with an agent who claimed he could tell if he wanted to represent a book after reading only the first page. For the record, I heartily disagreed with the veracity of […]

Bradley Cooper on Concept. Really. Sort of.

Earlier this week Bradley Cooper appeared on The Late Late Show with James Cordon. Among other things (and other guests), a topic of discussion was a new TV series premiering next month called Limitless, which Cooper produces and, we are promised, will feature him as an occasional guest star (he’s not the lead/star of program, however). […]

The Non-Structural Language of Story

Or… How To Get Your Story Written Efficiently and Effectively, Even If Structure Is Not Your Thing. Or maybe… Stop Worrying and Just String Some Pearls Together. Wherein I borrow cutting edge content from frequent Storyfix contributor Art Holcomb (visit his website, as well as the article linked later in this post).  He and I […]

An Interview with C.S. Lakin

Author of “The 12 Key Pillars of Novel Construction,” and other craft books and novels.   C.S. Lakin and I have a lot in common.  We are both novelists who were so inspired by the experience of writing fiction that we decided to write about that – about the craft of doing so – as […]