Dan's Sci-fi & Fantasy Blog

Howdy, Recently, I started revising my latest manuscript. Yes, I did take Matt Bird's advice and set aside the draft for a few weeks…...

Howdy, Got some good news today. I found out The Future of Our Prosperity is included in the Editor's Choice for the last quarter over on...

Howdy, I first heard about riff-writing from book editor Elizabeth Lyon when she visited my writing group a few years back. The riff in...

Howdy, This post is another tip from The Secrets of Story by Matt Bird. It's one I've taken advantage of many times in the past. Matt...

Howdy, I woke up to good news today. Another story accepted, this time Wakizashi over at AuroraWolf.com. I'm pretty damn pleased, to say...

Howdy, Today I thought I'd share one of the best pieces of writing advice I think I’ve ever encountered. A couple of years ago I saw...

Howdy, I recently finished The Secrets of Story by Matt Bird. Wow. What can I say? Scads of storytelling advice fill each page. Most his...

Howdy, Happy Monday! The Future of Our Prosperity is up at http://www.bewilderingstories.com/. Here's a teaser: in a dystopian future,...

Howdy, Struggle with telling opposed to showing characters’ emotional reactions? I have. Still do, but I'm improving. In my quest to make...

Howdy, What's worse than a character or characters spewing huge blocks of dialogue without any intervening action? Pages and pages and...

Howdy, Since you're here, you're probably an aspiring author, just like me. This is the first post in a series recommending books that...