Opening Your Imagination
Generating ideas is easy, but generating the kinds of ideas that move YOU can be more of a challenge. Most of us have had at least one person tell us an idea and suggest we write it, but that never...
View ArticleFailure Is Not An Option
A Guest Post by Amanda McCarter Success is important. It means we’re moving forward, that we’ve achieved certain goals. Winning a race or a contest, getting a contract, finishing a book, losing...
View ArticleLove it. Do it.
Merry Christmas! This is my favorite time of year. I love Christmas and everything it stands for. It is a time of good cheer, family, and giving, regardless of religious belief. I am religious, so I...
View ArticleWhat I Set Out to Do: Closing the Door on 2014
With one day left in the year, I think it’s safe to say I will not achieve the goals I set out for myself in 2014. I was hoping to complete three books, and instead I completed precisely zero. This...
View ArticleRodeos and Popcorn
We’ve all heard the statistics of the odds of getting published as a writer. The stat most often thrown around is less than one percent of stories submitted for publication are ever actually accepted...
View ArticleTurning Experiences into Method Acting
A Guest Post from Emily Godhand Back in February of this year I was able to attend to Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta’s “SuperStars Writing Seminar” on a scholarship from Wattpad. This was a...
View ArticleI Will Always Keep Writing
A Guest Post by Amanda Faith When I was really young, apparently my favorite thing was to “write” with pen and paper. Granted, no one but maybe an alien could have read it, but at least I committed...
View ArticlePost 1000: How on Earth Did We Get Here?
As near as I can recall, the Fictorian blog was birthed—at least in idea form—on March 20, 2010 in the lounge of the Westin Hotel in Pasadena. (See photo to pinpoint more or less the exact spot.) A...
View ArticleWriting for Magazines and Newspapers
The place of my day job interviewed several candidates to assist with marketing a retail antique store and restaurant. After floating through a few self-proclaimed gurus with no real results we became...
View ArticlePages of Inspiration: Books for Writers
The creative well runs dry. The heart is as desiccated and desolate as a dusty Old West street, because you’re certain your Work in Progress is utter cowflop. You shout into the endless black void,...
View ArticleThe Power of the Word Count Tracker
Last year, when January rolled around, I had to face facts: I had to somehow wade through the toughest writing of my career so far—and in record time. The third and final book of The Watchers Chronicle...
View ArticleThe Good, the Bad, and the Meh, I Guess That Went Okay
Has anyone told you lately that this is hard job? Here, allow me: THIS IS A VERY HARD JOB. Sure, on one hand, we’re doing what we love. Writing stories, letting our imaginations run with interesting,...
View ArticleGoals: Can’t Live With ‘Em, Can’t Live Without ‘Em
Welcome to 2018! We hope your 2017 was full of wonderful words and stories, and that 2018 will be even better. That might even mean giving up on your New Years resolutions. It’s shocking to think...
View ArticleThe Goal Post
I’m a football fan. Apparently that’s somewhat rare in the world of writers. I love a lot of different sports, including baseball, golf, basketball and swimming. By some crazy coincidence I am writing...
View ArticleWhen Torcs Fly – Celebrating a Launch
It seems we don’t get nearly enough days to celebrate a completed project. We work for weeks, months, and sometimes even years to release a book worthy of our fans. The celebration is never big enough...
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