Anatomy of a Ghost Story
I’ve been trying to catch up on horror as a genre. I thought I didn’t much care for horror until recently—a pretty hilarious mistake in my self-conception,...
When the Work Is Hard: Make It a Game
Last week, I talked about the value of taking a more holistic approach to craft. This week, I’m flying in the face of all that to talk brass tacks: how to...
Earnest and the Importance of Hitting Wordcount
JULY TOTALS 34,572 words (goal: 41,667 — 7,095 short)21 days written Year-to-Date Totals 234,943 words (of 500,000)(July goal: 291,667 — 56,724 short) I’m...
Welcome to OUT OF CHARACTER, a newsletter on writing, craft, and what inspires us to create
Welcome to OUT OF CHARACTER, a weekly newsletter about writing, craft, and what inspires us to create. By night, I'm an aspiring SF&F author; by day, I'm an...