Politically speaking, a lot happened since I left . I knew it would—I was traveling to the US on Election Day, after all—but the results are...

Recently, the organization behind National Novel Writing Month (which challenges writers to write 50,000 words in the month of November) off...

Thomas Hennessey says: I've always figured the best way to be a good writer is to be a great reader first. Is the same true of game d...

I have to tell myself this every time I start a new novel.

Let me chat up my brother for a bit. The guy plays piano, bass, and guitar at a professional level . The San Diego Union Tribune once desc...

TV Tropes is a fantastic site, collecting every story trope humanity has ever done, along with examples. If you've got a spare month or...

Usually, the way I choose the next story -- assuming I have more than one idea -- is just to write the one I like the most. But after two fa...

When people admire art,* they often want to know what the artist meant by it. I get that. I do it myself. But honestly I don't really li...