Recent content by Jordan

Hi Vicki, nice to meet you. Very much in the same boat, I'm writing my first novel as well and I, too am finding that finding a kind of community has helped the process feel a little bit less insane. I hope to hear more about what you're working on soon.

There were parts of this design I thought were interesting, and other parts that did not "grab me" at all. I was drawn more to the corpse or zombie that's on the bottom right hand corner of the frame, and I would've liked for that to be a little bit brighter, the spear is so bright that...

I don’t know if it’s been overdone, but it’s hard to pull off. It’s a challenge to get your reader to root for a guy who spends a lot of time beating himself down .

As far as adults being “ignorant” in stories- a lot of the time it’s an extension of the trope of adults no longer being able to access the world of magic because that world is only for people with the imagination of a child. This is not a way of denigrating adults in the real world or saying...

I started writing as a teenager because I was inspired by stories that I read; the worlds in those books not only sparked my imagination, they also started my love for words. I wanted to build whole worlds to escape into using words; I wanted make the worlds that I dreamed up permanent on the...

Two of my favorite authors had book releases right as covid was starting to knock out most people's travel plans and it caused them (as well as many other authors) to cancel their book tours. However, as everyone learned to shift to video conferencing on all of the different platforms that...

Thanks for the post Alex, that's more or less what I was trying to say—that only known names get away with using prologues in traditional publishing these days. I think it is probably for the exact reason that you give, a rash of debut authors misusing the device.

Thanks for sharing all of these lateral groups to visit. I'm new to this forum and finding it extremely welcoming and helpful so far. I am, however, wondering if any of you know of any forums out there for writers of YA fantasy. Believe it or not I've had a difficult time finding community in...

I'm new to the writing community and am just learning that if your book has a prologue, you're asking to have your manuscript tossed in the bin by the majority of agents, and editors. I was surprised by this at first, but then started reviewing some of my favorite books from the past ten years...

Make a cup of tea (matcha or something herbal) Start the music (these days we’re listening to Zoe Keating or Phillip Glass) Open up what I’m working on for the day Hit the vape Check email Check Instagram one last time before I hide my phone out of reach Go!

I think that we’ll see more stories on the lines of the show The Leftovers (Damen Lindelof), which is One of the better dystopian stories for showing how people deal something that they can’t wrap their heart or their mind around. I think that we’ll get more stories about loss and disconnection...