A good writer must also be a good reader. So what are you reading these days, and what can you apply from it to your writing? Today I review Jim Butcher's Storm Front (The Dresden Files) and come away with a few tips on fantasy worldbuilding, character creation, and more!
Fractured Heroes reading: Strong Female Character
Author interview with Talis Jones (the Fifth Sun series)
Book Review: Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
The difference between sci-fi and fantasy: know your genre
Fractured Heroes reading: The Woman behind the Hero
Writing tip: Cut the backstory! (And how I learned that too)
Book Review: The Ex-Heroes Series by Peter Clines
Author interview with H. Halverstadt (Gemini's Key)
What a friend taught me about embracing creativity
Fractured Heroes reading: Violent Vigilante Vengeance!
Book review: Tess of the D'urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (with commentary by Karen Swallow Prior)
Trope Talk: The Power of Friendship!
Trope talk: the Mentor Figure (and how to write them well)
Interview with 16-year-old sci-fi author Memphis Menser (Yours Truly, The Truth)
Book review: The Fallen Star (Star Wars: The High Republic) by Claudia Gray
How do you make a good "elevator pitch"?
Marketing tips for authors--from the experts!
Author interview with D.P. Leimgruber (The Sanctus Chronicles: The Plague of Tradium)
Work-in-progress interview with author Geoff Matthews (The Song of Grey Feathers)
Book review: Trigger Mortis (A James Bond novel) by Anthony Horowitz
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