When a story becomes a Lantern
This is a response to Patty’s question directed toward me at our writer’s group. Her question: You’ve said that you didn’t exactly create the Sacrosanct universe—you received it from the ether and are merely channeling it. How did that come about? What’s the difference between channeling that and other writing that you’ve done? It began
Why I chose my book cover
I see your anime cover — is this inspired by a particular anime/animes? Are there any anime-esque elements in it? The cover of my first published book, “The Chronicles of Yona” (Available on Amazon.com) has a picture of a young woman, with a Japanese sword, and pink twintails in the anime drawing style. I’m an
Free writing / Dream 1
My eyes opened on the cold steel deck of a foreign, yet state run starcruiser. Pain assaulted my foot. I looked down and saw a parasite the size of a plum crawling under my skin. A woman kicked my leg in a seizure. My sister. Her leg was covered in these subdermal parasites. “Medic! We
Criticism: how to give it – how to receive it (IMHO)
Growing up, I would never have called myself a writer; I’m dyslexic, not a good speller, limited vocabulary, and perfect grammar doesn’t come naturally to me. The only writing I did was that which was required. I received a lot of negative feedback from my parents and teachers. It was deserved. I tried to improve
My different mindsets between Fiction and non Fiction writing
Prompt: What for you is the difference between writing fiction and any kind of non-fiction–memoirs, persuasive social media posts, etc.? What is the mindset for each? Reply: With my writing, I like to ask “Why am I writing this?” To what goal, to what end? With fiction, the goal is ultimately to entertain, but often
The Cowardly Paladin and the Slave Queen (Chapter 1, raw unedited)
A bell dinged as I entered the armorers shop. The smell of leather and hot steel wafted over me as I closed the door. “Teal!” The gruff voice of my favorite, (and only) armorer brought a smile to my face. “Here I am.” I took out a voucher from the Order of the Brotherhood. “You
What motivates you to write?
Hello, this is Lex Remlap, but my friends call me Levi. A question I often come across when I’m self reflecting, is “Why am I doing this?” It’s a good question to have an answer to, and one that can grow more complex depending on how many times you ask why. There are the three
Shine your light
Hi there—it’s your friendly neighborhood dark romanticist/lover of angsty M/M lovers, Ellory Samhain here, tuning in to give you a few thoughts on the writing process. As the prophet Chuck (aka God) on Supernatural famously says, “Writing is hard.” Is it, though? Over years of developing our craft, we’ve all struggled to find just the
And so the roar echoed back
The echo of the roar stirred the stoic statue of Lex Remlap. Cracks and debris crumbled, and in moments a living breathing being began to type his first conscious blog post. Thus, the story began.
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