by Mgmt | 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 Mgmt | 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 like to run my mouth, so I added my own comment to the dozens of...
by Mgmt | Sep 22, 2019 | Editing, Money, Speculative Fiction, Storytelling, Writing
An “Alternate” End Times cover we never released for Splickety’s June 2014 issue. 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...
by Mgmt | 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 Mgmt | 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 Mgmt | 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...
