by Ben Wolf | Dec 9, 2020 | Editing, Speculative Fiction, Storytelling, Strategery, Writing
You’re sitting in the chair, staring at your empty screen. The cursor keeps flashing, alternating between taunting and beckoning you to write. But your brain is empty. This day has left you torched, ragged, and perhaps even a little scarred. How are you supposed...
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 | 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...
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...
