


- 6 days ago
- 8 min
Over-Complicated Fantasy Writing: The Problem



- Jan 23
- 9 min
How to Write a Crucible Story in 4 Ways: Part 2 Exploring Tasks and Symbolic Themes


- Jan 19
- 10 min
In Defense of Tropes Part 3: The Chosen Many



- Jan 16
- 9 min
How To Write A Crucible Story in 4 Ways: Part 1 - Exploring Environmental and Relational Pressures



- Jan 9
- 5 min
Ancient Apocalypse: How the Netflix Hit Proves There is Still Uncharted Territory for Fiction



- Jan 2
- 5 min
Be A Hoarder! Or How I Learned The Important Lesson Of Being Hungry For Inspiration.



- Dec 9, 2022
- 7 min
Giving your readers "feels"—Crafting the Visual Page Part 2: Case Study



- Nov 21, 2022
- 5 min
4 Repetition Sins you Might be Committing and Not Even Know It



- Nov 18, 2022
- 8 min
What Makes a Great Short Story?



- Nov 4, 2022
- 8 min
The Power of the Line Break—Crafting the Visual Page Part 1



- Nov 2, 2022
- 4 min
Your Book is Not Finished Until It's Read


- Oct 28, 2022
- 9 min
Speculative Fiction Sucks at Giving us Satisfying Character Arcs



- Oct 25, 2022
- 7 min
Letter to Self-Publishers



- Oct 12, 2022
- 8 min
Violence in Fiction: Navigating Around Reader Sensitivity (Or Plowing Right Though It)



- Sep 28, 2022
- 37 min
TODD by Turi T. Armstrong



- Sep 27, 2022
- 7 min
Fiction Writing: Shallow Relationships and How to Write Yours Better



- Sep 23, 2022
- 8 min
Cool Ideas, and the #1 Method I Know of to Come Up With Them


- Sep 21, 2022
- 6 min
4 Tips to Improve Your Writing Through Emotion not Facts



- Sep 16, 2022
- 7 min
The One Thing Great Science Fiction Writers Have in Common



- Sep 14, 2022
- 7 min
What's the Rush? Why you Should Hold Off Publishing that First Book in Your Series



- Sep 9, 2022
- 5 min
2 Strange Horror Writing Prompts Inspired by Even Weirder Real World Mysteries



- Sep 6, 2022
- 11 min
Writing "Rules." Should We Stick to Convention?



- Sep 2, 2022
- 6 min
THE FAIR: Blood Meridian. A western that puts horror to shame



- Jul 22, 2022
- 9 min
3 Ways to Write Better Narrators and Why You Should Care



- Jun 22, 2022
- 7 min
HOW TO write truly SCARY STORIES using techniques all the BEST horror writers know



- Nov 24, 2021
- 11 min
HOPEPUNK - A TREND IN SCI FI AND FANTASY I HOPE TO GOD GOES AWAY



- Nov 20, 2021
- 12 min
How to REALLY Write What You Know


- Feb 24, 2021
- 10 min
Alex Ganon Reviews: Legacy Cavepeople


- Feb 19, 2021
- 12 min
In Defense of Tropes Part 2: You CAN Change Him


- Feb 17, 2021
- 9 min
10 Reasons Your Short Stories are Being Rejected


- Feb 12, 2021
- 15 min
My Ghost Story


- Feb 9, 2021
- 11 min
Alex Ganon Reviews: Absent Aliens


- Feb 5, 2021
- 28 min
Valhalla Interrupted


- Jan 29, 2021
- 8 min
From Above You It Devours: 7 Best Cheesy SCI FI Movies With Aliens That Want You For Dinner


- Jan 27, 2021
- 4 min
I'm a Psychopath in Training, but it Makes me a Good Writer


- Jan 22, 2021
- 9 min
In Defense of Tropes Part 1: Three is not a crowd


- Jan 20, 2021
- 15 min
Alex Ganon Reviews: Surgery


- Jan 15, 2021
- 5 min
5 reasons to love the world-building in Robert Jackson Bennet's Foundryside


- Jan 8, 2021
- 13 min
You're Scared Cuz You had Helicopter Parents, But Horror can Help


- Jan 6, 2021
- 10 min
I Love You Because You're Here: Foul Fantasy Romances


- Dec 22, 2020
- 7 min
Alex Ganon Reviews: Neuralink


- Dec 9, 2020
- 7 min
Alex Ganon Reviews: Video Games...All of Them


- Nov 28, 2020
- 4 min
Juxtaposition: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly...and the beautiful...cuz contrast


- Nov 26, 2020
- 9 min
On The Importance of Fanfiction


- Nov 16, 2020
- 7 min
Alex Ganon Reviews: Masks


- Nov 13, 2020
- 4 min
Dirty Worlds and Feeling Dirty


- Nov 13, 2020
- 7 min
Keeping it Simple, Stupid, In the Fantasy Genre


- Nov 12, 2020
- 3 min
Sci-fi's Place in our Brave New World


- Sep 22, 2019
- 3 min
5 Types of Info-Dumps and How to Fix Them


- Sep 22, 2019
- 6 min
A Series of Writing Mistakes - 8 of the Worst Series Writing Blunders