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Real World Inspirations for Fantasy Creatures
#writing #fantasy #worldbuilding #inspiration Easily the best part of writing fantasy is getting to come up with a bunch of new,...
knsalustro
Jul 173 min read
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The Joys of Editing
Believe it or not, this is not a sarcastic title. I actually really, really enjoy editing. It may be one of my favorite parts of the...
knsalustro
Jun 302 min read
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10 Years of Authoring
On February 25, 2014, Chasing Shadows was released into the Amazon Kindle store. It came with no fanfare or splashy news, and my big...
knsalustro
Feb 25, 20242 min read
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Why I Love Science Fiction
#writing #genre #sciencefiction #ramblings #startrek #space #opinion #whyilove #scifi #fiction #starwars #fantasy One of my father's...
knsalustro
Nov 7, 20164 min read
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Did Dystopias "Lose Their Teeth?"
Recently, I've been seeing a lot of articles that take swings at the dystopian genre. These have rankled me for a few reasons, not the...
knsalustro
May 5, 20163 min read
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Writing Advice: Take It One Book at a Time
#writing #writingadvice #Reading #advice #books #onebookatatime #fiction #multiplebooks Several years ago, I heard a piece of writing...
knsalustro
Mar 23, 20153 min read
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Let’s Talk About Trust
#writing #independentpublishing #indieauthor #indiepublishing This is another post that I wrote years ago, but I think it still mostly...
knsalustro
Jan 18, 20154 min read
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Sometimes, characters have a life of their own…
This is an old, old post from back around 2015, when I was working on my second novel. I still use some tactics today that I talk about...
knsalustro
Nov 12, 20142 min read
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