How Using Tarot Cards Can Help You Write Fiction

How Using Tarot Cards Can Help You Write Fiction

As someone who has come to develop a deep interest in esotericism and what might be called “ancient wisdom”—things of a higher nature, aspects of spirituality that have been forgotten and suppressed in this so-called modern age—I found myself a while ago inevitably taking an interest in the Tarot. What Is The Tarot About? If…

Self-Doubt Keeping You From Writing? Here’s How To Beat It

Self-Doubt Keeping You From Writing? Here’s How To Beat It

One of the biggest lessons I have learned since I first started to take writing seriously about five years ago is that to do good work—to do any work at all—you need the ability to get out of your own way. Every single day of a writer’s life brings fresh doubt and uncertainty. Some days…

Why Systems Beat Goals Every Time When It Comes To Writing Success

Why Systems Beat Goals Every Time When It Comes To Writing Success

When most people think about success and the process of achieving things, most often they think in terms of goals. To achieve things, you have to set goals that will help you do that–targets to aim for, destinations to get to in specific time frames. The culture of self-help and business development that has been…

Write What You Know (And Also What You Don’t Know)

Write What You Know (And Also What You Don’t Know)

Write what you know has become one of those well-worn rules of writing that has been bandied about so much now, it has become almost meaningless. So has the less used, but still worn, quote about writing what you don’t know. Besides being contradictory, these two pieces of advice don’t really help a writer much…

Lessons Learned About Writing Dark Fantasy And Horror From Five Classic Horror Movies

Lessons Learned About Writing Dark Fantasy And Horror From Five Classic Horror Movies

As a writer of dark fantasy horror, my early influences where always going to be movies. Yes, I have read thousands of books within the dark fantasy and horror genres, many of which have influenced me greatly over the years, but it would be wrong of me to discount the influence certain movies have had…