Macro vs. Micro Thinking

Hi Gang. Craig here, and you get me twice this week. I was on vacation when I wrote this post. It will go live shortly after I return to my paycheck job. I’d just put in a decent day of writing (2000 words) when the topic came to me. My way of writing a book …

Friday Book Share: A Comprehensive List

Ciao, amici! This is my last book share for the year, so I'm going to do something a little different than usual. I'm choosing five books. That's right, not one, but five. Why? Two reasons: This might help you choose a holiday gift for friends and/or family (or even yourself). I want to show my …

Series work… Me?

Hi gang, Craig here today. I'm the only person here who has not dabbled in book series. I love a good stand-alone story, and that will never change. However, my colleagues at Story Empire convinced me to try it about a year ago. I jumped in with both feet, and declared 2019 my year of …

Where You Can Find Content for Your Newsletter

Hello and happy Monday to all the Story Empire readers. PH here and back this week with more about newsletters. There are two previous posts about this topic which you can find here and here. Newsletter content is the topic today, one with which a lot of writers surprisingly struggle. Well, maybe not everyone, but …

Five For Friday: SF&F That Should Be A Movie Or TV Epic

Hello again, to all the story Empire readers. Somehow, I drew double duty this week with the Wednesday post and today's Friday post. We're trying something a bit new in our repertoire of Friday features and I am to be the happy guinea pig. So here goes nothing. If you missed the Monday post by …