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Supergirl, the CW Reboot
Over the TV off-season Supergirl found itself traded from CBS to the CW due to cost and viewership numbers. The budget for the show was reduced after the switch, and it moved filming locations to...
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The Time Travel of Timeless
There are a variety of different ways to tell a time travel story. You can be like Dr. Who and go the fun and loopy route where the science isn’t really discussed and the focus is on the characters...
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Author Interview: RedFive
Fiction comes in all different forms, but one form of it that we often don’t discuss seriously is fan fiction. Often derided or seen as lesser than original fiction, fan fic is a massive and diverse...
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Artsing in the Shadow of Trump
Well, it’s been a couple of weeks since the election, but I have to admit I’m still having a hard time coming to terms with the result. This isn’t because I don’t accept that Trump won; it’s more that...
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5 Tips for Writing About Parties
Parties can be a great source of dramatic tension in a story. Everyone has hopes of how the night will go when attending a large gathering. Will there be someone new and exciting to meet? Or will the...
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The Blacklist and Holding the Reveal Too Long
A lot of different novels, shows, and movies have some kind of mystery element, and I think how long the mystery runs is a delicate balancing act, especially in longer works. For a short story, novel,...
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6 Tips for Writing Humor
I haven’t written very many purely humor pieces, but humor is an important part of pretty much any story. Life has its funny moments, so even the most dramatic or tragic stories often have moments of...
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Reflections on Invasion! The DC/CW Crossover
For those of you who don’t know (or haven’t managed to figure it out from my posts), I’m a bit of a TV junkie, and I happen to enjoy, perhaps sometimes on a bit of a guilty pleasure level, the CW’s...
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The Shows I’m Watching and You Should Too: No Tomorrow
I don’t generally watch rom-coms, but I decided to give the CW’s No Tomorrow a chance after seeing its lead actress, Tori Anderson, in Killjoys this past summer and really enjoying her performance on...
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7 Tips for Naming Your Characters
Naming characters is an important part of character creation. It determines how your characters will be known moving forward. Some people find this aspect of the character creation phase to be very...
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Laurel’s Return and Iris’ Death: Theories on What Happens Next in The Flash...
I know that last week I said that I would be writing an article about leveraging supporting casts, but with the Mid-Season Finales of a few of my favorite shows happening, I’ve decided that I’m going...
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First Draft: Tent-Pole Writing
I mentioned the “tent-pole” method as a form of outlining, but I think it can also be used as a way to more effectively write your story. This isn’t something I’ve fully tried, more of a theory, but...
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Rogue One Spoiler Free Review
I saw Rogue One on Thursday, since apparently nowadays movies have to come out a day before they’re actually released, and I thought I would share my thoughts for those of you who haven’t had a chance...
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Mid-Season Finales and Different Ways to Handle The Middle of a Story
I noticed that the shows I watched handled their mid-season finales very differently. As a writer, even a not-TV writer, I think it’s interesting to look at the different styles. Middles can be very...
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My Top 5 Comic Reads of 2016
2016 was the year of the comic book for me. I just recently looked back over my Goodreads account and realized that I barely read any novels this year compared to the large number of comic books I...
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Leveraging Your Supporting Cast
Earlier this month I wrote a piece on what makes the show No Tomorrow so good and promised a follow-up piece about how using your supporting cast in a story can make it stronger. However, I ended up...
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3 Time Blocking Methods
Writing is a difficult pursuit. Oftentimes people want to write, but it can be difficult for them to focus even if they’ve found the time to do the work. Setting aside scheduled time is important, but...
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2017 News and Updates
The New Year is upon us and I have several announcements to make about my plans in the upcoming year, both in terms of fiction writing and blog content. So here it goes! Nine Tails is coming out later...
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Nine Tails: The Kumiho
Several years ago, inspired in part by my own heritage, I started down the path of writing an urban fantasy story based on Korean mythology. When I began researching the different myths and monsters...
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How to Create a Writing Routine
In college I never had a set time to really write, not for my fiction at least. I took several creative writing classes and seminars, and when something was due I would certainly get it done (though...
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