by Joseph Malik | Aug 27, 2018 | Dragon's Trail, General, In The Press, Writing Craft
So, wow, here we are. Dragon’s Trail just crossed the ten-thousand sales mark. We’ve known that this was coming. We were at ninety-six and change earlier this summer, and we started talking with people about sales numbers, and the Big Ten Thousand kept...
by Joseph Malik | Apr 5, 2018 | Dragon's Trail, General, The New Magic, Worldbuilding, Writing Craft
I want to touch back on POV and voice again, because the last installment on voice was something of a master class. I wanted to write a post that’s a bit more basic, for those of you who are just getting started on your writing journey. This post is an...
by Joseph Malik | Feb 24, 2018 | Dragon's Trail, General, The New Magic, Worldbuilding, Writing Craft
THIS POST HAS SPOILERS FOR DRAGON’S TRAIL. This is a topic that has come up a few times. And frankly, I’ve been nervous to discuss it, since it’s a touchy subject. However, now that The New Magic is going through developmental editing, I was going...
by Joseph Malik | Jan 18, 2018 | Writing Craft
I’d like to revisit process in response to recent messages from readers asking where the hell Book II is.
It’s late, but I can explain.
First off, I’m mobilized in the Army Reserve. . .
by Joseph Malik | Dec 17, 2017 | Writing Craft
I’m probably about to get controversial, again. Pour yourselves a drink. Last one in, watch the door. I want to talk today about writing spaces. Primarily, because I just finished building mine, and goddammit, it’s amazing. We had a spare room behind the...
by Joseph Malik | May 19, 2017 | Writing Craft
I was talking with another author about voice versus point of view, and she suggested that I put this in a blog post, so here goes. I want to talk about POV. Again. My understanding is that what I’m about to tell you isn’t even taught in some university writing...