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Eric Shapiro is a writer and filmmaker. Called "the next Philip K. Dick" by author Kealan Patrick Burke, Shapiro is the author of six...

D. William Landsborough (known to many as just Doug) is a writer of dark and urban fantasy, with a sprinkling of whatever else crosses...

A part of Stanely was born at the intersection of "once upon a time" and "where no man has gone before." As a result, Stanley found that...

The Tannis Project is essentially a chance to get a peek into the thoughts of a near-200-year-old vampire in the form of weekly entries he d

It was a clairvoyant that suggested Michael write a book, he did and hasn't looked back. Although an established multi-genre author, with...

The Manjian Chronicles have characters who are very near and dear to me; I began writing them as a teenager, so their story was easier to sh

Rise of the Horned Serpent’s concept is sky pirates vs Dragons.

The main characters are kind of useless: an ex-mercenary who can’t fight, a crippled Magus fresh out of the Academy, an older priest, and a

The legends of Camelot got it wrong.

t’s nice to bring up some problem you’re having with your story, or read a piece out loud to your thirteen-year-old (nine-year-old when I be

A lot of things have happened in 2020 and I want my future writing to be more plugged into the pulse of America.

I would say that the thing that I found most helpful was the mere fact of reading broadly and understanding and identifying what I liked and

I am currently working on a sequel to Where Shadows Lie, that picks off right where it left off. I am also working on a series of Fae Romanc

I enjoy placing little tidbits to old movies and old books in my stories. You could literally play “spot the reference” while reading.

I didn't much like the first books I've read by Kevin J. Anderson. Then I watched some interviews with him and decided to try his other stuf

The Dungeon Alaria series was designed to interact with another story, that interaction is now done so I wanted something to differentiate t

Anakin Skywalker. People criticize him or his actor, Hayden Christensen, but I absolutely LOVE the idea of a Jedi hero who turns evil to sav

He was born somewhere in Texas when a rip in space/time opened a dimensional rift that nearly wiped out all of humanity.

It was really my subconscious hating my current storyline and objecting. It was all for the best.

I once heard John Irving speak at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. He was fascinating. The one thing I took away from him was when he said