It is done. As of this last week, I sent in the edits for The Keeper of Tales. Want to know something funny? The entire time I was editing… I wanted to be writing. The entire time I was evaluating this novel I’d formed, I wanted to be forming something else. Something new. I hadContinue reading “Desiring Creation”
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Reading the Work in Progress… Again
Before a novel comes out to meet the public, it has to work out a lot. And I mean, a lot. So, there’s this book of mine coming out May 1. I wrote the novel. I revised it. I destroyed it. I polished it. And then I sent it in to a publisher! And loContinue reading “Reading the Work in Progress… Again”
Year of Books 2020: The Rest
I didn’t just read the best books of 2020. I read a lot of other things, too! Many of these were still good, just not the best of the year. Others… weren’t the best.
Year of Books 2020: The Best
Every year from July 4 to July 3, I set aside anything I read so I can gaze upon the shelf of things I’ve read. And every year I do a little write-up on what I’ve read. Today, I’m presenting pellet reviews of my favorites. I’ve broken down two different top lists. First are theContinue reading “Year of Books 2020: The Best”
From Proto-novel to Novel
Writing is work. Many years ago, I sat down to write an epic fantasy. The first words out of my fingers were, “We encamped that night at Garion Dawnsbrook.” In the following months I pumped out a massive tale of epic proportions that culminated in the literal end of that world, but a few survivorsContinue reading “From Proto-novel to Novel”
Jonathon Mast: Author 