Lazy Writers
by Raymond M. Coulombe Steven King has a reputation for sometimes not doing enough background research. A college buddy of mine was considerably upset […]
Writing
Fantasy Skills
by Raymond M. Coulombe You’ve seen this Fantasy character before, the one who’s good with knives. They go by many names and guises, but […]
Serials: the Good and the Bad
by Raymond M. Coulombe Once again, I return to a pet peeve of mine. As readers you may have noticed that a lot of […]
Death by Amazon
by Raymond M. Coulombe Recently I received a panicky e-mail from a writer I sometimes follow. For reasons unknown, Amazon suddenly banned his books. […]
Just How Anti Do You Like Your Hero?
by Patrick LeClerc This is an important question, both for writers and for readers. The anti hero has gain prominence lately, and there are a […]
The Good Hero
by Raymond M. Coulombe Recently I was sitting in on a writers’ panel. One of the participants mentioned something about heroes that caught my […]
What I Learned from Anthony Bourdain
by Patrick LeClerc Anthony Bourdain’s death hit me hard. He was an inspiration to me, through his writing and his television shows, making an impression […]
Skill Sets
by Raymond M. Coulombe The publishing process is more democratic than ever before. It used to be a pretty high bar as publishing took a […]
Story Basics
by Raymond M. Coulombe In my not too distant past I spent way too much time wading through the slush pile of story submissions. […]
Walking the Tigh-Trope
by Patrick LeClerc Saw the new Deadpool movie recently. Loved it. Recently, I read a discussion about it, and one of the points brought up […]