Dan's Sci-fi & Fantasy Blog

Howdy, It’s been an exciting week or so in my writing world. Reality intruded by way of the snowpocalypse. Cars ice skated down hills and...

Howdy, I just reached a massive milestone in the Arduous Edit. I’m now at 100% completion for stages II, III, & IV! The manuscript is...

Howdy, I am pleased to announce The Dive, my latest flash fiction sci-fi, is live now over at Aphelion. This is the second flash piece...

Howdy, Just received some fantastic news the other day. The Overlord’s Trials has been chosen to be part of Fantasia Divinity Magazine’s...

Howdy, I read through a proof of my latest flash sci-fi story to be accepted for publication. Having a story accepted never gets old....

Howdy, I made an auspicious discovery today. While perusing Amazon I noticed Fantasia Divinity Magazine finally published the paperback...

Howdy. The Arduous Edit continues to not be quite as arduous as I expect. Here are the vital statistics: I’ve completed the first...

Howdy, I recently finished Damn Fine Story by Chuck Wendig, and it’s, well, a damn fine writing craft book. If you haven’t read anything...

Howdy, After about one month, the Arduous Edit is coming along far faster than I ever expected. Like holy moly fast. Having a week off...

Howdy, It’s time to reflect to reflect on accomplishments over this past year and set new goals. For me, this past year has been very...

Howdy, Happy Holidays, etc, etc.!!! Just a quick post highlighting some of the more interesting books I've read lately. The Crusades by...

Howdy, Well, I’m almost 3 weeks into the Arduous Edit. Good news. It’s not nearly as arduous as I feared. In fact, it feels much like the...

Howdy, As of today, you can listen to Humans First, my first foray into flash fiction, over at 600secondsaga.com. It is read by the...

Howdy, As of yesterday, December 1, 2018, I officially started what I am dubbing The Arduous Edit. Fingers crossed it’s not as arduous as...

Howdy, Well, I accomplished my NaNoWriMo goal – knockout, rewrite, and edit a complete short story. In other words, have it entirely...

Howdy, I’ve knocked out short story this month, just completed it this morning. The draft that is! Seeing that there are only seven days...

Howdy, Well, if you’re reading this, you probably know November is NaNoWriMo. Write a book in a month – holy cow! Even just a 50,000-word...

Howdy, Holy moly level great news! The Great Rewrite is done and dusted. It took a little bit longer than I hoped, but still went, all in...

Howdy, While reading the chapters about the steps in the hero’s journey in Christopher Vogler’s The Writer’s Journey, I started mapping...

Howdy, An interesting article recently got passed around on the old email by members of my writing group. This particular article on the...