Dan's Sci-fi & Fantasy Blog

Howdy, I recently finished a couple more thought-provoking books. Of course, one book is Manuscript Makeover by Elizabeth Lyon,...

Howdy, I received some mind-bogglingly good news the other day. Just had another story accepted, this time my near future sci-fi called...

Howdy, Today I thought I’d write about yet another informative chapter out of Elizabeth Lyon’s fantastic book Manuscript Makeover. This...

Howdy, I'm starting a new series of posts about what I've been reading lately. I'll stick to science fiction and fantasy. For the...

Howdy, After a long day of training, I received some great news. Another story accepted for publication; this time a fantasy short story...

Howdy, Today I thought I'd share a great resource to refer to when attempting to find a publication for your work, especially short...

Howdy, Happy Monday! Wakizashi is up at https://aurorawolf.com/2018/04/wakizashi/. Here's a teaser: a decrepit samurai must win one last...

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...