Dan's Sci-fi & Fantasy Blog

Howdy, I had an excellent start to July in my writerly world. My latest sci-fi short story The Wall was published last week over at...

Howdy, Damn. That is just damn good advice from Matt Bird, screenwriter and author of The Secrets of Story. Setting aside your draft, I...

Great June so far for having short stories accepted and published. My sci-fi short story Sabotage went live the other day over at Altered...

Lately, I’ve been listening to audiobooks on Libby, an app that lets you check out audiobooks and e-books from your local library. It’s...

Just found out I’ve had another story accepted, this time my sci-fi short story Sabotage at Altered Reality Magazine. June is turning out...

I just finished my initial plotting for my new WIP, a YA sci-fi. It’s still early days in the writing process, but I feel like I’ve...

I've had a great start to June. Just learned I’ve had a story accepted over at Fiction on the Web. I’m pretty pumped about this story,...

Well, since my last post on this topic, I’ve breezed through a handful of interesting books. I’ll start with the longest tome of them...

Howdy, Here’s an update on the various projects I’m working on at present. Hopefully, dictating this will help focus my mind on what I...

Howdy, I recently finished reading Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King. You might recall, that I referenced...

Howdy, Today is a pretty damn good writing day. I finally completed the Arduous Edit. In my last update, I stated I would look to...

Howdy, After reading my query letter to the writer’s guild, I quickly figured out it’s closer to horseshit than not. As you may recall...

Howdy, I’d like to say the Arduous Edit is complete, as in done and dusted. I expected what I call the stage VII edits to be it....

Howdy, In between working on the Dreaded Synopsis, the Diabolical Query Letter, and finishing off the Arduous Edit, I’ve managed to read...

Howdy, Well, I’ve dictated my query letter. On a scale of 1 to 10, it’s not horrible, but it is still shit… I suppose that’s true for any...

Howdy, I lucked out! Shortly after writing my first post about the Dreaded Synopsis, I found a really great resource – Jane Friedman’s...

Howdy, Pretty pumped today. Just received my copy of Echoes of the Past, a best of 2018 anthology published by Fantasia Divinity...

Howdy, Spent the weekend hacking through the first cut of a synopsis. Not exactly fun. I did, however, experience a wee bit of luck. I’m...

Howdy, The Arduous Edit is nearly complete. I just finished stage VI edits this morning, which I had intended to be the final read...

Howdy, So far 2019 has been a good year for reading – at least for me. Here are the highlights. The Consuming Fire Listened to this one...