Having read a few extracts on Charles’s blog, I am definitely buying this book.

Do I Need to Use a Dragon? is LIVE!

Cover by Alison Hunt

Have you ever wanted to write a fantasy story? Not sure about the rules? Well, look no further!

Hidden within these pages are opinions and observations that MIGHT help you with your literary adventure. Boiling fantasy and writing in general to their most basic principles, I have devised a litany of short essays . . .

Do you get intimidated by colorful jargon and language in ‘how to write’ books? I mean, if you’re just starting out, your head is probably already spinning with all of the advice you’ve received. That’s why I tried to use simplicity and humor to help authors along. I’ve been that nervous, easily confused fledgling author and remember how all of the flowery language and cliché adages didn’t really help. So, I wrote this book in my own voice as if the…

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A warning for all authors.

Melissa A. Graham

I don’t normally do this sort of thing, but hopeful (and sometimes desperate) authors should be warned when there is someone out there that will try to take advantage of them or promise them things that they don’t deliver. There are enough scams and half-assers out there, but when someone can stop someone else from making a big mistake, this is exactly what should be done.

I want to talk to you about seriousreading.com and the bullshit I just dealt with. Maybe, once you see for yourselves what it is they *actually* deliver, you can avoid making the DUMB mistake I did.

On Feburary 19, I came across a suggested post on FB. I wish I had taken a screenshot of it so I could relay their pitch word-for-word, but you will just have to go onto their FB and read for yourself because they have blocked me. Basically, it…

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There are dragons and magic in the world if only you look for them… V.M. Sang