It’s been four years. Actually, four years and one week, but last week I was focusing on the last days of the Kickstarter campaign for Dragons of Londinium. So I’m celebrating a week late. On March 1, 2021, Dark Owl Publishing released my first novel, The Keeper of Tales. I’m insanely grateful to Andrea there.Continue reading “Birthday for a Book”
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Blurbs are from Beelzebub
Why did you buy that book anyway? My guess is the first thing you noticed was the cover. Something in the art caught your eye. It conveyed the type of story that you didn’t even know you wanted to find. And then you spotted the title. It tickled the imagination enough that you picked theContinue reading “Blurbs are from Beelzebub”
Goal-Oriented Writing
The goal of your writing changes what you write. In some ways, that’s blitheringly obvious. If your goal is to create beauty through poetry, you write poetry. If your goal is to launch a massive intertwined universe of books, you write books that are related to each other, and a lot of them. If yourContinue reading “Goal-Oriented Writing”
Stretching is Hard
Learning to do a new thing ain’t easy. My depression has been brutal lately. Leaving the house feels insanely daunting. Dealing with other people, even close friends, feels impossible. I want to stay in my room, on my laptop, and never do anything else. My counselor reminds me that this is not the way toContinue reading “Stretching is Hard”
Oh, You Thought You Were Done?
The book is written. Revised, even. The illustrations are complete. A thirty-day Kickstarter campaign is completed and funded. Now, it’s time to relax. Now, it is complete. It is done. Yeah, no. The book is written and revised! But now it’s time for a real nitty gritty edit. And then my formatter wife will formatContinue reading “Oh, You Thought You Were Done?”
Jonathon Mast: Author 