by Ben Wolf | Feb 9, 2022 | Speculative Fiction
This Saturday, February 12th, Quad Con will feature over 100 vendors, artists, authors, cosplayers, and special guests at the Des Moines Comic & Toy Show. The event is being hosted at Merle Hay Mall in—you guessed it—Des Moines, IA. Yours truly (and my talented...
by Ben Wolf | Oct 27, 2020 | Editing, Storytelling, Writing
I recently saw a Facebook post from a friend of mine stating/asking the following: “Artists work on art and show progress of how they have improved. How do writers enhance their craft?” I thought I’d whip it into a blog post and share it with all of...
by Ben Wolf | Jul 1, 2020 | Storytelling, Strategery, Writing
He didn’t want to blow his chance… …so my friend Connor asked me for help. He’d managed to snag some extra time over a holiday weekend for a writing marathon. He’s newer to the game, and since I’ve published 10-ish books as of this...
by Ben Wolf | Mar 11, 2019 | Editing, Speculative Fiction, Storytelling, Strategery, Writing
The goal of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is to write 50,000 words in one month. I wrote double that in roughly the same amount of time. Over the course of 34 days, I wrote 105k words and wrote an epic fantasy novel from start to finish. 30k of those words...
by Ben Wolf | Jun 14, 2018 | Editing, Money, Speculative Fiction, Storytelling, Strategery, Writing
Late last night I started a conversation with a friend of mine who also writes speculative fiction–specifically, he writes Christian spec fic. I used to classify myself and my writing using similar vernacular, but I have since changed my approach. My friend...