Fictional universes are all the rage these days. Marvel, DC, Harry Potter, the Cosmere, and those are just some of the biggest. It’s easy to see why from a writing standpoint: Flow and Marketing. What do I mean by Flow? For a writer, it’s hard to start from scratch. It’s infinitely easier to write something […]
I took the leap. I made a Tiktok account. Apparently it’s what all the hip authors are doing these days. It’s going to be a mix of author/writing posts, fantasy and scifi humor, and whatever else pops up. You can find it here: http://www.tiktok.com/@samuelflemingbooks I might even throw in some dad jokes or something. Apparently, my […]
This month’s tropes are brought to you by that guy in the horror movies. You know, the one who goes into the creepy basement to investigate the horrible noise. Bonus points if the power is out. Or, how about a zombie movie where the protagonists in the movie have never seen a zombie movie? Things […]
TLDR: My Ebooks will be Amazon exclusive for the foreseeable future. My print books will still be available via multiple retailers. All my books should be available in KU by the end of March 2022. If you’re a reader, and want to know more, read on from here. If you’re a fellow author, read on […]
I’ve spent the better part of the decade reading all the craft books I can. I don’t know everything there is to know about writing, I don’t think anyone really does. Writing (and art, in general) is too personal for that, too dependent on the individual. But I’ve gotten to a point where most “writing […]
There’s a flow to writing. For most of us, it takes a few minutes to truly get into our writing state. A few minutes before the words come easily. With enough practice it gets a little quicker to achieve this flow, but for most of us mortals, it takes a few minutes to get the […]
I rewrote the description for A Battleaxe and a Metal Arm. Why? Well, the idea evolved. The original kernel for the serial was little more than a sorceress and a barbarian trapped in an ever-changing dungeon. Sure, I had the big ideas figured out—namely the ending and the big reveals about the dungeon and the […]
It can be strange to discuss the “mechanics” of a story. Main characters, side plots, motivations, arcs, tropes, plot devices… It almost seems taboo to break a story down into building blocks. It can seem too simplistic. To me, that’s one of the neat things about storytelling, that even using a similar set of blocks […]
In the spirit of the bazillions of other January motivational posts… What’s your mountain? As a reader, it can be daunting to start a series. Sometimes the pile of books is so heavy it’s hard to carry the whole stack at one time. I don’t know about you guys, but I’m not a fast reader; […]
Life is filled with small revelations. I say small, because the truly grand, life changing ones are almost never experienced or digested in a single afternoon. The truly big revelations are always composed of several smaller ones. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about time. I’ve always liked the metaphor of time as a river. […]
