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• Star Wars: Ahsoka

  By JimMaster on March 13, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Written by E.K. Johnston, this prequel book is set between Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV: A New Hope. If you’ve watched the animated series, this story takes place between the shows Star Wars: The Clone Wars… Read More ›

• Five Book Promotion Tips

  By JimMaster on March 9, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  If you’re like me, then you’re an author without much of an income. It’s alright, even the best authors were poor at one time. Heck, H.P. Lovecraft died without much to his name. Stephen King was a teacher until he… Read More ›

• February is Women in Horror Month (WiHM)

  By JimMaster on February 16, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  I’m glad that everyone reading this surviving the Snowpocalypse that hit last weekend (at least where I live in Indiana). Unless of course, you’re part of the undead horde. Which, if that’s true, I commend you for being one of… Read More ›

• Developing the character of your character

  By JimMaster on February 9, 2018 • ( 0 )

    When you’re reading someone else’s book or writing your own, you’ll notice that the characters are fully shaped characters that have a life of their own. At least they should if it’s a well written story. If it’s your… Read More ›

• Immortally Cursed

  By JimMaster on January 30, 2018 • ( 0 )

  Here I am, standing on a rooftop. It’s been over six thousand years since I last stepped foot on this roof. Nothing has changed since then. I was forty-five back then, my first iteration within The Game. I don’t remember… Read More ›

• Review of “Dragon Teeth”

  By JimMaster on January 21, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  While perusing the book aisle of Wal-Mart one night, I was stopped by the cover of a horse mounted rider on top of a humongous dinosaur skull. The book was called Dragon Teeth. When I first saw it I thought… Read More ›

• Motivating your characters

  By JimMaster on January 19, 2018 • ( 0 )

  There’s nothing cooler than being asked for advice on how to write a story. I was at church last Sunday and while waiting to talk to the pastor, a young lady comes up to me. She said that she heard… Read More ›

• Making a scene with scenes!

  By JimMaster on January 15, 2018 • ( 0 )

  So you’ve started writing your book. Congratulations! You’re on your way to becoming a New York Times Bestseller… except there’s a problem. The scenes you’re writing are boring, disjointed, and don’t affect the overall storyline of your book. Now your… Read More ›

• Hating The Game

  By JimMaster on January 12, 2018 • ( 0 )

  Whoever said “don’t hate the player, hate the game” was a lying sack of shit. You can do both just fine. Of course, the person that coined that phrase never experienced life on the inside. That person never experienced life… Read More ›

• Failure is part of the job

  By JimMaster on January 7, 2018 • ( 1 )

  It would be foolish to believe that you will never fail as an author. For that matter, it would be foolish to believe that you will never fail at some point during your life. Failure is part of the job…. Read More ›