by Jim
I’m going to start off by saying that I’m aware that a lot of people are going to disagree with me on this one, but I find the idea of writing about time travel daunting. Why, you may ask? Because it’s a headache. Think about it, literally thousands of books addressing the problems of time travel in stories have been written. Some really good, … Read More Time Travel and Why You Shouldn’t Write About It!
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Hi Jim, As a fellow writer, I was wondering if you’ve ever reread your books and wished you could go back and change something. Like maybe the direction of a story or something like that. I’ve had a book published for a few years, and now that it’s done, I look back on it and have come up with a few different scenarios that … Read More The ‘What-if’ scenarios
by Jim
I love Maiden. There really isn’t anything else that needs to be said here. When to Listen: Brainstorming characters. There’s a lot of good material, both dark and light in this song. Try listening to the melody and create a character. Readers, Do you have a question about writing, publishing, my stories, etc? Please feel free to post a comment or email me. jimthewritingwizard@gmail.com … Read More From My Writing Playlist
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I think a lot of people are going to disagree with me on this one, and that’s fine. I don’t mind, in fact, I’d love to hear from you. However, in my view, fantasy romance stories are incredibly one-sided. What do I mean by that? Well simply that in romantic stories that involve a human and either supernatural elements or fantastic creatures (Elves, Dwarves, … Read More Opinion: Fantasy Romance is One-Sided.
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Hi Jim, How do you handle situations where you have two different ways a character can go? Right now, I’m sitting on a plot line where one of my characters is sitting at a crossroad. He can either choose to help the people he cares about or leave them to their own devices in order to save the bigger group. I’m not sure where … Read More Divergence In Storylines, Where to Go?
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WHY ARE THESE NOT CONSIDERED CLASSICS!?!? I hear a lot of the classics stations play things from Motley Crew to Black Sabbath, but never Maiden… WHY!? When to Listen: This is coffee music for me. When I sit down to start writing, I put on music with intense power like this. It gives me the push to get going. Readers, Do you have a … Read More From My Writing Playlist
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Hi Jim, I wanted to ask you about one of your characters. I’m working on my own YA series and finished reading Magnifica a while ago. You mention in the book that Lia’na doesn’t age as fast as Toby. If they survive, she’ll roughly be the elven equivalent of a human’s late 40s when he dies. I really think that if you leave the … Read More Age Compatability in Characters (MAGNIFICA SPOILER WARNING!!)
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A Goofy Movie… This is IMHO one of the most underrated movies in the Disney library and it’s slowly being lost to obscurity. Yes it’s dated in 90s cheese, yes it’s a little off at times, but I still love it. This song was always great… and now it’s been turned into a rock cover. When to Listen: Pure positive energy!!! You need to … Read More From My Writing Playlist
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Hi Jim, I was hoping you could give me a little advice on how to write perspective. The main character in my story is going to be a bad guy. When I say bad, I mean the story is going to revolve around the villain. I’m just really not sure how I can write that effectively. I mean typically you try to get people … Read More Rooting for the Bad Guy
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Hi Jim, I was hoping you could help me here. I have a series of short stories that I’ve published and have a niche following on a couple of sites. I recently decided to take the story in a new direction and killed off the main character. It turns out that this character was a lot more popular than I thought. Now I’m getting … Read More The “Misery” Effect
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To my loyal readers… My sincerest apologies for being away for so long. I know it’s been close to two months since last I posted any updates, but things have been insanely busy. My wife gave birth to our third child (whom Drakin will be dedicated to), we’re closing on a house, and I’m still chugging along with getting this book finished to my … Read More Drakin: The Orphans of Haven Update
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Hello all! So it’s been a couple of weeks now, it looks like sales are going well! Thanks BTW! So I know I haven’t been around in a while since I published Drakin and for that I do apologize. However I had some inspiration come my way… and actually managed to write out a full sequel in a matter of weeks. It’s really rough … Read More Drakin, where to buy, and what’s next?
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