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 | Sep 2, 2017 | General
So, one of the problems inherent in having a runaway international smash hit bestselling novel — a string of words I never thought I’d type in that order–is that, eventually, it finds its way into the clutches of readers who don’t like it. Not...
by Joseph Malik | Jan 27, 2017 | General
I want to talk a moment about a sentiment that I’m seeing in some of my groups and forums, and that’s the idea that if you write real good and use all them purty words, especially if you have one of them English degrees, you should just go out and get traditionally...