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Guest Blog about setting and RAGNAROK AND ROLL by Keith R.A. DeCandido

I’m so pleased to present a guest blog by Keith R.A. DeCandido, whose brand new story collection RAGNAROK AND ROLL has just been released by Plus One Press.  Here he talks about the setting and how inspirational it can be.   The first time I went to Key West, I was overcome by the magic. I’mContinue reading “Guest Blog about setting and RAGNAROK AND ROLL by Keith R.A. DeCandido”

Worldbuilding Workshop, Part III

Viewpoint Characters Background: a character should be a product of the sum of his cultural and personal experiences. There should be elements of both nature and nurture. For example, werewolves (or vampires or even humans) will likely have certain behaviors in common because of their biology and biochemistry. Werewolves, for example might have a needContinue reading “Worldbuilding Workshop, Part III”

Worldbuilding Workshop, Part II

It’s a special challenge when creating a new world to which your readers must be introduced (or the changes you’ve made to a familiar one) to do so and maintain a pulse-pounding pace while also developing characters and plot. This can lead to a lot of exposition, which often sounds clunky and inhibits a smoothContinue reading “Worldbuilding Workshop, Part II”

Worldbuilding Workshop, Part I

For those who’ve asked me whether I was going to post my Worldbuilding Workshop on-line somewhere, here it is at long last!  (The beginning anyway.)  Special thanks to Gerald Blackwell, who redrew the diagram because I couldn’t figure out how to get it to transfer from Word!  Welcome to Part I.  I hope you enjoy. Continue reading “Worldbuilding Workshop, Part I”

Blogs and Book Birthdays!

I’m blogging over at Magical Words with a hopefully pithy post on safety and suspense called “Wherein No One is Safe.”  I hope you’ll check it out and leave a comment.  One of my favorite things about Magical Words is the discussion that always seems to come along with the articles.  Often just as intriguing,Continue reading “Blogs and Book Birthdays!”

BlogTalk Radio interview!

Last week, I had a lovely chat with Shannon Delany (author of 13 TO LIFE and other young adult titles) on blog talk radio. We discussed everything from writing to agenting, fiction to non-fiction (my essay in the DEAR BULLY anthology).  I hope you’ll listen and enjoy. Listen to internet radio with Authors On TheContinue reading “BlogTalk Radio interview!”

History and POV by D.B. Jackson

Anyone who’s taken my Writers Digest webinar on writing science fiction, fantasy and the paranormal or who’s taken one of my worldbuilding workshops will have heard me quote David B. Coe, who is a wonderful writer, blogger and teacher of all things writing.  He’s a regular contributor to Magical Words, which has a lot ofContinue reading “History and POV by D.B. Jackson”

Latter-Day Olympians

CRAZY IN THE BLOOD, the second novel in my Latter-Day Olympians urban fantasy series of murder, myth and mayhem, releases in print today!  Cue virtual confetti!  Cue trumpets!  Heck, cue a whole street party…no, wait, a rave! Okay, I think that’s enough exclamation points for right now.  Seriously, though, I’d love, love, love you toContinue reading “Latter-Day Olympians”