7 things that can help your book

There is a lot of writing advice out there for authors, to help with anything from pacing to vocabulary.  I recently came across a post by Ashley LaMar titled 7 Things your Readers Want to See in your Books, which I appreciated for including some of the things I find...

Why I love Comics!

As a kid, I used to love reading comics.  I still do, actually.  My parents, concerned that I would fail at school, thought that it was not ‘serious reading’ and that I was wasting my time, while I should be studying math and physics instead.  During a move from one...

The Power of Six, Printed Edition

I had to share this exciting news with you – the mailman just delivered my ten copies of The Power of Six I had ordered from Amazon!  You can see from my “proud daddy” smile how wonderful it feels to hold it in my hands. If anyone would like a signed...

Writer’s block

Today I realized that what I really want to do is write: improve Mad Water, the third installment of my Pearseus epic fantasy series, follow my beta-readers’ excellent and extremely helpful advice, think about how I want to finish my story in the last, yet unwritten,...

Science Fiction Turned into Fact

Readers of my blog may have noticed my love of science fiction.  I loved reading as a child, even if I could not explain the thrill I felt when reading Jules Verne’s or HG Wells’ works. I recently felt vindicated in my love of the genre, when I read the...

4 Awesome Book Reviews

Amazon revolutionized the marketplace by making it possible for everyone to review a product.  Naturally, some people abused their newly-found power to have some fun.  Buzzfeed recently posted a collection of 16 hilariously inappropriate reviews; I chose four of them...