Where I Wrote: A Barnes & Noble Cafe in the Bronx. How I Feel About What I Wrote: Aside from not getting enough done, I actually feel great about what I wrote. The Mood I Brought to the Table: Really good. The Experience: Well, today was absolutely a collection of lessons. Lesson 1: I'm fine with... Continue Reading →
The Traits of the Working Writer – Part 3: Understanding and Awareness
Here we are—the end of this series on the Traits of the Working Writer. And I’m glad; I’ve been getting way too metaphysical with these articles and I’m eager to get back to casual stuff; articles about Star Wars and video games. But there’s no reason I can’t be casual, direct, and practical about this... Continue Reading →
The Traits of the Working Writer – Part 2: Drive and Decisiveness
Last month, we started talking about what I think of as the Traits of the Working Writer. In case you missed that post, here’s a link . To quickly recap, these Traits are what I consider the cornerstones to being a successful writer; probably not absolutely essential… but still really great personality Traits for any... Continue Reading →
The Traits of the Working Writer – Part 1: Reverence and Respect
June has already been pretty interesting. It’s been rife with me hanging out and talking with other writers, which I suppose is normal for me now. As is my gleaning things from those conversations that I always want to bring back here. Things like that, hey, maybe my protagonist is emo (which, of course, led... Continue Reading →
Louis Santiago’s Fantasy Story Stats – Week 3: Tone and Spirit
Welcome to Week 3 of my Fantasy Story Stats. This is another exciting Week as it’s another where I get to go on about one of my own Stats. And really, it’s the statiest of the Stats so far—Spirit. Spirit, which was actually the first of them and the reason these posts exist at all.... Continue Reading →