WRITING ‘RELEASE’
by Jane Boulden Writing 'Release' In a crisis, unexpected people rise to the occasion, often in unexpected ways. For me, one of the enduring horrors of the onset of the…
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December 22, 2020
ADD ‘GROUND FICTION’ VOL. I TO YOUR HOLIDAY READING LIST
Ground Fiction Vol. 1 'Ground Fiction' Vol. I was released earlier this fall, and our readers are loving it! The book features 16 original stories, many by new authors, that…
December 14, 2020
INSIDE THE AUTHOR’S MIND: DEVELOPING ‘THE MAD AI’
by Andrew Hinshaw So, the wonderful folks at Ground have graciously asked that I submit a blog post about my submission “The Mad AI”, a prologue to a novel that I hope…
December 4, 2020
AUTHOR J.L. PRICE TALKS CREATING CHARACTER
by J.L. Price J.L. Price I began working on the story that became "Ambiguous Loss," and its main character of Josie several years ago. In most instances I write to…
October 12, 2020
WRITING ‘DAD’
by Jeannie Hua 'Dad' by Jeannie Hua The older you get, the easier it is to remember things from twenty years ago than what you had for dinner the night…
October 8, 2020
‘WHERE HAVE ALL THE STASI GONE?’
By Alyce Werdel Checkpoint Charlie © Lyricmac at en.wikipedia I’ve been a thriller junkie since childhood. It all started with the Nancy Drew series and held steady from there. Movies,…
September 22, 2020
ASKING WHAT IF?: DESIGNING MYST’S HEADQUARTERS
by Elizabeth Coleman Inspiration for Myst Headquarters Several years ago, I was taking a stroll around my neighborhood in San Francisco and came upon the old Union Iron Works and…
September 16, 2020
INSPIRATION FOR THE HAUNTING AT DARLINGTON BOARDWALK
By Jennifer Fickley-Baker Inspiration for the haunting at Darlington boardwalk Hello, readers! One of my favorite parts in writing the short story “The Haunting at Darlington Boardwalk” for the inaugural…
September 11, 2020
INVENTING A CHARACTER: PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR ADRIAN TANNHAUSER
By Andrew C. Peterson Inventing a character: Private investigator Adrian Tannhauser Just as the cowboy is the direct descendant of the chivalric knight, the private investigator is the next generation…
September 1, 2020