Down with a Man-Cold
Hello All: My apologies for no post this week. I’ve been hit with a viscous cold sapping my energy. Back next week. Stay healthy! Brant
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Western Watch — Chapter 26
Tiandraa shifts in her saddle. Stone-faced Red Hand nobles stare hard at Merreth, pausing while reaching for sword or crossbow. A mount snorts, bends its neck, begins cropping the dried scrub grass along the roadside. The breeze off the river Read More …
No Post This Week
Hi All: No post this work, work and life got in the way. Back on track next weekend! Brant
Let’s Make an Explainer Video Using PowToon — Part 4
Hello Everyone: We’re up to part 4 in this series: Let’s Make an Explainer Video Using PowToon. Recap In the third post we started the process of creating the video, leading off by discussing narration. Recall the basic steps in Read More …
Western Watch — Chapter 5
“Is it true?” The question hangs in the air like an obscenity slipped into a Temple prayer. Merreth stands looking out the window, feet apart, hands behind her back. A breeze flicks up a few dry leaves and carries them Read More …
Western Watch — Chapter 3
Merreth stalks down the hallway, anger, thick and dark, rising within her. Stupid! How could she have been so stupid? Bullying one of High Mistress Rehkhell’s scribes and snapping at the other. She’d breached a half dozen unwritten protocols and Read More …
I’m Back!
Sorry about the lack of blog post this weekend. There were heavy windstorms in Vancouver on the weekend and we lost both cable and internet. Internet was only restored today at 5:30pm. So I have a bit of catching up Read More …
Five Things I’ve Learned About Using Twitter
I‘ve been thinking about Twitter for a while, actually since I started to get serious with it last fall. There is a LOT of information on Twitter for authors — how to use it, manage it, leverage it, etc. I’m Read More …
Let’s Make a Book Trailer — Part 6
Hello everyone, and welcome back to my series on making a book trailer. Previous parts are here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5. As with the previous posts, the content following are merely my thoughts Read More …
Mario’s Tips on Writing IV: Imagery that Conveys Character and Setting
This is Part IV in a list of short writing tips from Mario Lowthar, the premier critiquer in my writing group and published short story author. Here is the previous Part I, Part II, and Part III. Mario says: Imagery Read More …
