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Now at Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and OmniLit. Pick up a free copy this weekend only at Smashwords using coupon code PU29V. The Scaredy Wizard of Theornin by De Kenyon Cormish won’t stop bullying Aster until she steals the wizard’s spell book for him. But does he have to breathe down her neck the whole time? It takes more

Now at Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and OmniLit. Pick up a free copy this weekend only at Smashwords using coupon code PU29V. The Scaredy Wizard of Theornin by De Kenyon Cormish won’t stop bullying Aster until she steals the wizard’s spell book for him. But does he have to breathe down her neck the whole

I picked this idea up at a Pikes Peak Writers Write Brain, and now I can’t remember who gave the presentation or the book that inspired them.  Dur. — A common problem I see with beginning writers is that they don’t know when to begin a story–that is, they’ll go on for pages and pages,

People who know me have heard this before, in one form or another:  being a hard worker is better than being talented. But today, I’d like to focus on a slightly different aspect:  inspiration.  I was having a conversation on Twitter with someone who insisted that he was stuck replanning his next project and couldn’t

One of the cool things about pen names is that, in creating a pen name, you’ve created an “identity,” in the marketing sense. For example, I created “De Kenyon” to write pulp stories for kids.  That’s it.  If you’re creating a pen name, you’re identifying your market; if you’re identifying your market, you’re creating an

Now at Smashwords, OmniLit, Barnes & Noble, Feedbooks, and Amazon.com. You can’t tie down an Amazon…there’s no coupon on this one; it’s my first permanently FREE story.  (Note:  It may take some sites longer than others to go free.) This was first published as in audio at Nil Desperandum. Miracle, Texas by DeAnna Knippling The man rode into

Now FREE at Smashwords, OmniLit, Barnes & Noble, Feedbooks, and Amazon.com. You can’t tie down an Amazon…there’s no coupon on this one; it’s my first permanently FREE story.  (Note:  It may take some sites longer than others to go free.) This was first published as in audio at Nil Desperandum. Miracle, Texas by DeAnna Knippling

I asked for suggestions on games to play (indie, ~6 sessions, any genre, storytelling high, crunching low/medium), and I’ve already gotten multiple responses that look interesting.  This is to keep track, so I can find them later.  If you’re reading this and have more, let me know 🙂 I’ve played Weird West lately too, and

1.  The wandering in which you are looking for something in particular but do not know where to find it. 2.  The wandering in which you go to a place you do not know or do not know as well as you like and become lost in it. 3.  The wandering in which you are

Now at Smashwords, OmniLit, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. Praise be to those who steal not, but use this coupon this weekend at Smashwords:  GD23J Lady of the Floods by DeAnna Knippling Praise Be to Those Who Steal Not The picture on the cover was made by Cathy Miller Burgoyne, who records the weird and wonderful at her Arctic Fire website.