by Ben Wolf | Sep 7, 2020 | Speculative Fiction, Storytelling, Strategery, Vampires, Writing
“Have you ever heard of Ravzar, the God of Beasts?” Garrick scoffed, and he couldn’t help but grin. “Yes.” “Legend has it he created a special breed of feline—that’s another name for ‘cat’—” “I know what it means.” “Anyway, he created a special breed of cat that...
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 | Sep 22, 2019 | Editing, Money, Speculative Fiction, Storytelling, Writing
September 20th, 2019 marks the end of my 10th year in the world of professional publishing.As such, I thought it would be fun to do a “by the numbers” post to count up what all I’ve achieved, what has happened, and perhaps even what I’ve learned during that time.Hope...
by Ben Wolf | Jul 2, 2019 | Speculative Fiction, Storytelling, Vampires, Writing
Fantasy is perhaps the greatest genre ever conceived, and today’s indie authors are doing it the justice it rightfully deserves. Replete with magic, mythical creatures, knights and nobles, kingdoms and empires, and even angels, demons, werewolves, and vampires,...
by Ben Wolf | Jun 17, 2019 | Editing, Money, Speculative Fiction, Storytelling, Strategery, Writing
A sickness has infected the Christian creative community, and it’s especially prevalent in Christian writing and publishing circles. I call it the “Good Enough” Fallacy. And it’s a fatal sickness. The “Good Enough” Fallacy, defined simply, is the theory that as...