In today’s post, I’ll share a look at creating humanoid species in a consistent manner, and share bits of the process in my own story.
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Inspiration: events and holidays
With the festive days being in full swing, I’m making a post to match it before I start summarizing the good and bad of 2020. So, the topic for today is: inspiration for events and holidays in fiction (with focus on fantasy).
Continue readingWriting/reality: inspiration from conflict
As much as I avoid getting political, events in our world can be used as an inspiration – or a warning – for crafting fictional plots. This week, it’s 10 years since the events that started what was then called ‘Arab Spring’, though it’s more like yet another Arabian Failure, from the western point of view. Is there something to take away from these events to use in writing fiction?
Continue reading11/2020 Writing update
November was the first full month spent as a self-published writer, but it was no time to bask in the light of my achievement. The journey is far from over, and it has its ups and downs in November.
Continue readingKindle X-ray overview and guide
It’s time to another self-publishing guide, this time to Amazon’s Kindle X-ray feature. In this post, I’ll say what this tool does, what uses it has, and how to set it up.
Continue readingQuarantine and writing
The recent days were a bit of rollercoaster for me. I’ve been always prone to having cold at the beginning of November. This year seemed it could be worse than that…
Continue readingHow being a writer affects reading
It’s said that there are two ways to improve your writing: to write more, and to read more. Both is sure to affect your writing skills, but does it carry the other way as well – and if yes, how?
Continue readingDYI HTML e-book formatting
I’ve mentioned that there are three main ways to format an e-book. In this post, I’ll share what I know about the hands-on HTML formatting – the most direct and most powerful way but also the potentially most-difficult.
Continue reading10/2020 Writing update
October was a hell of a month for me, not just writing-wise. But if I was to stick just with writing, it was the month when I made the big step.
Continue readingHow power-readers can help writers
Today, I’ll mention something that touches both readers and writers. Specifically, a reader’s individual tastes and how it affects all the parts of the industry from writers through retailers to readers – and how each can benefit from it.
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