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How to create an award-winning illustration
How to create an award-winning illustration to Illustrators of the Future: The Do’s and Don’ts of ILOF By Echo and Lazarus Chernik In addition to being an internationally bestselling author, L. Ron...
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The Problem of the “Told” Story
I have talked about some of the most frequent problems that I see when judging for the Writers of the Future Contest, and today I’m going to tackle one of the biggest: the problem with “told” stories....
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Pictures That Tell Stories
This article was originally published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XI Mankind has used pictures to tell stories from the beginning of time. Recently, ancient cave paintings...
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Ken Liu on Writing a Star Wars Book
Ken Liu, photo by Lisa Tang Liu So, the news is out: I’m writing a Star Wars book as part of the Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi project. Working with the team at Lucasfilm Publishing has been such...
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Persevere
Jake Marley being interviewed at LA Festival of Book It’s been nearly a year since I found out I was a finalist for L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future contest, and very nearly five months since I...
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The Illustrators of the Future by Will Eisner
This article was originally published in Writers of the Future Volume XIX. While my own career has been spent in the practice of sequential art, a form that arranges images and text in an intelligent...
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Avoiding Cliché Openings
Many years ago, Damon Knight, a fine writer and editor, wrote a book on how to write short fiction. Damon talked a bit about avoiding clichés, and in his book he mentioned the problem of stories that...
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Dragon Con 2017 – Day 1
Today was the first day of Dragon Con in Atlanta, GA and it was jam-packed all day long. Sales at the convention started at 10:00 AM and it was a full booth at the start all the way to the end of the...
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Dragon Con 2017 – Day 2
Another great day at the Atlanta Dragon Con! It all started with the Dragon Con Parade and our entry featuring Battlefield Earth. Leading the way were the Scotsmen, then came Jonnie Goodboy Tyler,...
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Dragon Con 2017 – Day 3
Illustrators of the Future panel with Ciruelo, Echo Chernik, Stephan Martiniere and Larry Elmore We are now over the halfway mark for the Atlanta Dragon Con and things are still going at high speed. As...
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Dragon Con 2017 – Day 4
Emily Goodwin, Pat Henry and John Goodwin Monday was the final day in Atlanta for Dragon Con. Kathy Lackey handing out posters Again, the booth was constantly full with people looking for Writers of...
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Back to the Story
What defines “good” writing when it comes to a story? That’s a question that I have to ask time and again as I’m judging contest entries. You see, there are different kinds of “good,” and there are...
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Jerry Pournelle 1933-2017
Roberta and Jerry Pournelle Jerry Leaves a Legacy of Helping New Writers It was in 1986 that Jerry Pournelle heard about L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest from Algis Budrys, the famed...
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Writers of the Future Contest – 3rd Quarter 2017 Winners
The judging results are in! And here are the 3rd Quarter 2017 Writers of the Future Contest winners. Congratulations to you all! Winners: First Place – Darci Stone from Utah Second Place – Eric...
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Building Plausible Futures by Jerry Pournelle
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle at a book signing This article by Dr. Jerry Pournelle was originally published in Writers of the Future Volume III. Timeless advice then and now. Building Plausible...
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Meet the Winners – Vida Cruz – 2nd Q 2017
Vida Cruz, WotF 2nd Quarter 2017 winner When it comes to writing advice, many writers will tell you not to stop writing. I’m going to be contradictory for a bit and tell you that yes, you should...
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A Guide to Critiquing a Story: Seven Vital Elements Every Story Must Have
Frequently authors ask if I have a “form” that I used to help me critique a story. Given the large number of things that I look at in a story, any form that I had would simply be too long to be...
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Galaxy Press Rocked the Salt (Salt Lake City that is…)
Salt Lake Comic Con 2017 We attended the Salt Lake City Comic Con which took place at the Salt Palace in downtown Salt Lake City with over 100,000 attendees over the 3-day event. One of the best parts...
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Frank Frazetta: An Introduction
Frank Frazetta This article with advice to artists by Frank Frazetta was originally published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume VII. I was born with a pencil in my hand. Most...
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Character Traits
As we read stories, we are constantly making judgments. We may admire an author’s style, even as we are annoyed by a plot twist that we saw coming; or we might get creeped-out by the foreshadowing,...
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