Category: Publishing and Craft Reflections
Lessons from The Hunger Games: The Limits of First-Person Present Tense
By now, everyone has talked The Hunger Games to death. Though it largely…
Lessons from Women of the Silk: Weaving in Strong Messages
Gail Tsukiyama’s Women of the Silk is, for me, one of those random treasures I…
Lessons from Her: Sidestepping the Creepy Clichés
Oscar season is upon us and that means that deserving favorites won’t likely win in…
Lessons from Attack on Titan: How to Write a Shonen Series Without Throwing Women Under the Bus
Several years ago, I was venting my frustrations about Naruto to a friend of mine….
Don’t Travel Through Pants: How Dungeons and Dragons Helps Writers Solve World Problems
In the six months since I’ve started playing Dungeons and Dragons, I have learned to…
The Most Useful Classes For Writers Aren’t Writing Classes
When I was in high school, I thought many of my classes were useless. I…