Dan's Sci-fi & Fantasy Blog

Howdy, Recently, it occurred to me I've read scads of books during this year of pandemonium. Here are a few that, for one reason or...

Howdy, I figure it's a time for a NaNoWriMo update. Admittedly, I'm not hacking out as many words as I would like to. Not nearly as many....

Howdy, Will 2020 be a NaNoWriMo like none other or what? I typically don't go out of my way to participate in NaNoWriMo, but maybe this...

Howdy, I've resisted writing about shows on this blog, but one has recently come up that is worth mentioning: The Social Dilemma. I...

Howdy, This is a companion piece to my post entitled Favorite Authors. The authors I will address in this post are ones I admire and who...

Howdy, I have to admit, I was skeptical when I first heard about Libby, the app that lets you check out ebooks, and, more importantly to...

Howdy, I just had an article drop this month over at Literaryheist.com. That's pretty cool. It's part of my attempt at building out my...

Howdy, In the inaugural guest post for my blog, fellow author Katherine Soto offers tips to tamp down to procrastinator in all of us. Enjoy.

Howdy, I continue to be happy with having my YA WIP looked at by a professional editor. There are two significant advantages to having...

Howdy, Now that I'm a soon to be published novelist, I've discovered something. I need to be serious about my platform. Whatever that is,...

Howdy, A few months ago, I decided to take the plunge and hire an editor to take a look at my YA WIP. I did this for several reasons....

Howdy, Does the plague outbreak seem like something writers have been training for their entire lives? Long hours of self-isolation…etc.,...

Howdy, Recently, I finished off some excellent sci-fi and a book that falls somewhere between history and current events....

Howdy, My YA WIP is now complete. It's been through several rounds of editing, so hopefully, it's just down to the spit shine to make it...

Howdy, Lately, I've been enthralled by my current WIP. It is still going well. I continue to be super pleased with my progress. For the...

Lately, I've been devouring YA. I’ve read some exceptional YA over the past month or so. This is great since my current WIP is a YA...

Howdy, I finished reading On Writing by Stephen King a couple of weeks ago. As I mentioned before, there is a lot to digest in this...

Howdy, It’s been a while since I’ve written a post about what I’ve been reading. Lately, I’ve been plowing through YA fantasy novels....

Howdy, This is the first of a little bit more in-depth writeup of my time at the Willamette Writers Conference. I’ll start off with...

Howdy, This is the first of what will likely be several posts about the Willamette Writers Conference. This year’s conference (2019) is...