Mike MFeb 275 minAvoid Clichés (Like the uh ... Plague). Okay, writing friends, you’d better set your jaw for this one because it might just make your heart pound in your chest, your blood boil,...
Mike MJan 17 minScene and Summary – An Indispensable Internal Structure of Showing and TellingFictional stories, be they short, long, or somewhere in the middle, need internal structure to keep the reader engaged, and that structur...
Mike MMay 7, 20193 minSequence and Simultaneity – Know the DifferenceReading, like life, is mostly linear. Things happen one after another after another. I get up in the morning, take a dump, brush my teeth...
Mike MMar 6, 20194 minSave the Cat! Writes a Novel - A Great Book for Writers Sorry, I haven’t written anything here in a while – I’ve actually been doing some real writing – but I would be remiss if I didn’t tell y...
Mike MJan 11, 20195 minThe Blogging Continues: Using PoV in Setting for Characterization and Mood Me again, Mike Myers, senior editor of British Fantasy Award nominee Grimdark Magazine https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/. I sometimes wri...
Mike MDec 28, 20185 minYet Another Blog Post: Setting the SceneHello again. I’m Mike Myers, senior editor of British Fantasy Award nominee Grimdark Magazine https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/. I someti...
Mike MNov 26, 20186 minAt Last, Another Blog Post! A Look at Take Off Your Pants! by Libbie Hawker Hello, and thanks for checking out my blog. My name is Mike Myers. I am currently senior editor of 2018 British Fantasy Award Nominee Gri...
Mike MSep 6, 20183 minMy First Blog Post: SFF Editor Available for Freelance WorkHello, my name is Mike Myers (not the famous one), and thanks for checking out my first blog post. The purpose of this post is simply to ...