Aliens came to save us. They thought it would be easy. They were wrong. “A playfully original beginning to what promises to be an epic alien invasion story…I like it. It’s a solid piece of work.” —Fanboy Comics Thanks to 102 Glorious Kickstarter Backers, Issues #1 and #2 of Broken Saviors are now […]
There’s a lot of conflicting advice out there about characters. Do you make them quirky and unusual (like Amelia Bedelia), or more ordinary (like Charlie Brown)? Do you make them heroic (someone readers might aspire to be, like Atticus Finch), or deeply flawed (like FH in Jesus’s Son)? Do you make them raw and human […]
The single best piece of writing advice I ever got was to write the book you most want to read (more on that here). After that, here are six other bits of writing advice that have made the biggest difference for me (and that I need to keep reminding myself of to keep on going). […]
What’s Hollywood got against Todd? Forget the war against Christmas and other left-wing media conspiracies like faking the moon landing and covering up an alien invasion. Hollywood’s biggest war is the war against Todd. Don’t believe me? Check out the overwhelming evidence. It’s tough to be a Todd. For decades now “Todd” has been the […]
You might have noticed that I haven’t posted much recently. That’s because I’ve been hard at work on final revisions of a new book, THE LAST PANTHER, that’s set to come out with Delacorte Press in Summer, 2017. THE LAST PANTHER (for ages 8 and up) follows the adventures of Kiri, an eleven-year-old girl who lives in a […]
