One of my favorite games of all time and one of the hardest high-precision platformers I have ever played is Celeste . This game asks you to...

I have a confession. Historically, I have been very bad at description. I didn't like it. I skimmed it when I read it (do you know how m...

Like I said last week, publishing is a difficult business . And there will always come a time when you wonder whether you're wasting you...

Publishing is a difficult business. Millions of new books are published each year , yet the average book sells only 1,000 copies in its life...

There are lots of great tips out there for how to start a novel. You've probably heard some of these: Start in the middle of the plot (i...

Probably the most important thing a story can do is make the reader care about its characters. There are a number of factors in what makes u...

One of my kids told me they didn't really think they were gonna vote when they turned 18, and I felt like I failed as a father. I know t...