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 | 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 | 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...
by Ben Wolf | Apr 18, 2017 | Storytelling, Writing
As a kid, I put down the book JAWS because I reached a point where one character was cussing out another character. Nowadays, I probably would’ve kept reading. Why? My thoughts on the issue of profanity have changed. In my opinion (and that’s all this post...
by Ben Wolf | Feb 5, 2015 | Editing, Money, Speculative Fiction, Storytelling, Writing
A friend of mine recently posted 5 issues he had with hiring an editor to help him hone his writing in response to this admittedly sardonic post by my good friend and colleague Avily Jerome. His concerns are valid, but rooted in what I would consider either faulty...