by Autumn | May 9, 2020 | Tips
Do you struggle to create memorable, realistic characters that your readers love? If so, we have a new short course for you! You see, we asked the Am Writing Fantasy Facebook group what THEY would like to see as a short course to aid them in their writing while...
by Jesper Schmidt | May 4, 2020 | Podcast, Tips, Writing
Killing characters in a novel is fine, but there is a right way to go about it. In Episode 71 of The Am Writing Fantasy podcast, Autumn and Jesper draw their swords and magical wands to discuss how to handle the killing of a fictional character. Tune in for new...
by Autumn | Apr 15, 2020 | Podcast, Tips, Writing
Writing a novel is difficult enough, but where do you even begin? Autumn and Jesper share thoughts on this very topic in episode 68 of the Am Writing Fantasy podcast, together with some personal horror stories of what went wrong when they first started out writing....
by Autumn | Apr 6, 2020 | Book Marketing, Podcast, Tips, Writing
In episode 66 of the Am Writing Fantasy podcast, Jesper is joined by one of the most influential voices within the indie-author space. That’s Joanna Penn! Joanna and Jesper discuss whether you should be publishing your books wide or choose exclusivity with...
by Autumn | Jul 9, 2019 | Tips, Writing
I’ve heard far too many authors talk about how much they dread writing a book blurb or synopsis. I get it! I used to as well. When I made the completely (ir)rational choice to release 11 related short stories individually, I nearly changed my mind when I realized I...
by Autumn | Mar 21, 2019 | Tips, Writing
Writer’s minds are amazing. We can keep the threads of stories, characters, and fragments of worlds swirling around in our minds for months, even years! And yet, when we sit down to write after finally finding the time, it can seem every one of those ideas disappears....