I wrote a lot last year about Pitch Wars, and tried to answer common questions. If you’re new to the contest, you can check some of that stuff out here: Part 1  Part 2  Part 3. You can also look at some other great information from Brighton Walsh. But today I want to talk to...

The June #SFFpit is over, and as usual we’ve analyzed the data. Because of course we did. Why wouldn’t you? Having data and not analyzing it is like having ice cream and not eating it. You *could* leave it in the freezer. If you’re a monster. Thanks to host Dan Koboldt for all of his work....

Before you can tell somebody your story, you have to know it yourself. Recently I got the opportunity to help somebody with a synopsis of a book I hadn’t read, and as I did that, I figured some things out. So I wanted to share them. I boiled it down into three things you need...

I got a DM from a writer friend yesterday that began ‘Got my first form rejection. Stung less than I expected…’ This has happened, in one form or another, many times in conversations with other writers. It’s a specific person in this case, but it could have come from just about anybody. Because everybody is...

I don’t do a lot of book releases on my blog. In fact, I don’t think I’ve done any. But this book is special. First off, the author, Dan Koboldt, was my Pitch Wars mentor when I was a contestant in 2015, and then my co-mentor this past year and again this coming year. You...

There’s a tendency as a writer to look on the negative side of things. Wait…is that just me? If it is, then disregard this whole thing. But on the off chance that somebody else feels this, let me continue. I get it. It’s a negative business. Even the most successful authors have seen far more...

I was having thoughts today about writing and self-doubt today, and I thought I’d share some of them. Is this because I’m trying to write a new book and it’s a flaming pile of poo and I hate it and it will never be as good as the last thing I wrote? Um….no? Here’s the...

Update 3: I read WE ARE LEGION (We Are Bob) which probably isn’t technically military SF, but it has some elements, and I want to talk about it so I’m including it here. Plus the sequel is due out in April, so it’s timely. First off, it’s a great book with a fun voice that’s...

The December #SFFpit has come and gone, and we’ve analyzed some of the data. Because…of course we did. That’s just the kind of nerds that we are. I’ll shared some of that objective data, as well as some more subjective things that I saw throughout the day. Thanks to Dan Koboldt who founded #SFFpit and brought...

#PraPit, a twitter pitch practice session, is happening on November 29th from 9 AM to 9 PM Eastern. You can read about it here. In order to help you get ready, I thought I’d offer some resources. And since there’s nothing new about this, and because…well…I’m not very good at it, I’ve simply gone and...