Tag: sci-fi
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Underwriting vs. Overwriting: My Philosophy
Who cares? Just kidding. Almost. What is underwriting or overwriting? They’re pretty self-explanatory, but just so we’re on the same page, here we’re talking about novels. Underwriters create a draft that has less than what the final demands, and overwriters stuff in all the detail plus its dog and family. We’re going to explore both…
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Song of Kardu is Published: Some Publishing Updates
It was a soft rollout for the most part on May 12, 2025. Admittedly, being a debut author putting his name out to the world for the first time means I know that I’m going to make mistakes and that each step of the journey is going to be a learning point. I got a…
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World-Building Lessons from Tolkien for Sci-Fi Writers
In sci-fi, an author has to show not only cool applications of science in the future, or alternate history, or whatever branch of sci-fi the author is highlighting, the author needs to paint a picture of the evolution of culture. As the writer, you can look at Tolkien’s painstaking work…
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My Journey to Earning 20 Thousand a Month as a Writer
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein So that’s my goal, plain and simple, live life as a writer that earns a nice twenty thousand dollar signs monthly. You could argue that money is a thing and therefore can’t be a…
