Have you ever had the surreal experience of realizing you're inside someone else's breakthrough moment? When you're seeing the …
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Have you ever had the surreal experience of realizing you're inside someone else's breakthrough moment? When you're seeing the …
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I can't help it. I don't care about genre conventions. If there's a book that grabs you by the throat, turns you upside down, …
How are you all coping, dear friends? I've had quite a range of emotions, ranging from freaked out to excited about the …
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It's all a bit overwhelming, isn't it? Especially if you spend too much time reading the news media. There was a time (I think) …
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We are told that empathy is what makes us human. Without empathy, we would be sociopathic and cold-blooded. In fact, screenwriters …
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I'm happy and excited to premier the teaser for my forthcoming podcast, "In a Certain Kingdom." In that podcast, I will retell …
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It's been quite some time since I've updated my readers about life and work. Time to redress that. It's been an incredibly rich …
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You've heard me rant about bad storytelling before (like here, for instance). And I will admit I have been a bit worried about the …
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Recently, one of my friends asked me to recommend some new books that were not merely good, but great. I had to stop and think for …
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Seems like an obvious answer, no? I certainly thought so. Of course we should be inspired by the masters, even copy them …
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Last night, I invited best-selling fantasy and historical fiction author Christian Cameron (Miles Cameron to his epic fantasy …
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When I gave my lecture on "Why Storytelling May Be the Most Important Thing You Do With Your Life" at Doxamoot earlier this year, …
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Book 5 of my Raven Son series is a plunge into regions we have not yet explored in the series, particularly the land of the dead …
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Katherine Bolger Hyde is one of my heroes. When I just started to get serious about my writing, she was a helper and a mentor. …
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In my latest video book review/cultural rant, I consider an odd shift going on in popular culture. We're not longer telling the …
Last week I restarted my Q&A series with authors both traditionally and independently published. My guest was the author of a …
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As I've written about extensively in my Writer's Manifesto, I strongly believe that literature of the imagination (my preferred …
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One question I get a lot from you readers is whether or not there is a collection of myths, monsters, and stories from Russian …
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