Hello all and happy spring! At the SFF Seven this week we're asking: What’s your brainstorming process? Do you come up with ideas by you...

Oh, dear readers, complicated plots are my jam...and often jam me up. I love them. Simple storylines aren't fun for me to write. I don...

The first book in my Chronicles of Dasnaria series, PRISONER OF THE CROWN , is up for Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book at Fresh Fic...

Our topic this week at the SFF Seven - one entirely appropriate for science fiction and fantasy authors - is "spending time on worldb...

You come here, to my writing lair, to ask me how to keep a story from being too complicated? Me. You're asking me. K.  You realize ...

Remember junior high when you learned (vaguely) how to write a research paper? You were told to pick a subject, begin your research and ke...

Plotting. Plotting is what brings us together today. If you did not read that in the voice of the Impressive Clergyman from The Princess B...

Brainstorming: The process of idea generation, generally done as quickly as possible, often in a team so members can broaden their perspecti...

Interesting timing, this post topic. Last weekend I gathered with a few friends to talk about the plotting of upcoming stories. It was me, a...

When do I solicit the ideas and/or opinions of other people for the sake of plotting? Uhm...I tend to do that after the draft is done, usual...

In keeping with our story-writing theme - last week we talked about how much space to give to the denouement - our topic at the SFF Seven ...