KL Forslund

Another month’s distance from the original idea, and I’ve added a chunk of story complication and action. Who Wants to be a Technomage? (...

A month ago, I shared a first draft short story. A prequel to how Alex Rune assembled a group of technomages. In real life, around 2003 ...

I find it takes more work and revision writing fiction than non-fiction. Along with fixing mistakes, details and how I present things ch...

Last week, I caught wind that an author I’d met long ago had their books stolen and put for sale on a pirate site. They had the situation...

Writing is hard. I think I said that before. Pretty sure somebody else said it before me. I’ve reached a point in the story where I su...

How do you write a book? You could read a book on that. Or stick around while a guy who’s still writing his book tell you how it is. Do...

If a tire isn’t wearing even, you might need to balance it. The mechanic puts it on a spindle and adds lead weights to it. If something...

Once upon a time, I decided to write a novel. But before I did that, I held off from my story idea and wrote a short story to try it out...

Nobody likes writing their own bio. We need it for the website and social media. When you get accepted, editors and agents will want on...

My technomages need some rules, like all good societies of wizards. I have a challenge finding rules that would be applicable to people w...

I used to think I was pretty good at writing. I could turn out a clever phrase and churn out pages of readable content.Then I started wr...

A year of research and building, and I’ve got the hang of Author Platforming. If you’re a writer, you need one. If you’re a small busine...

“Be a quick change artist” -- Mark Anderson, mentor, IT professional My mutant power is problem solving and learning other people’s busin...

Watching over us through the long, dark night Mother, your voice wakes me from my long sleep Mother asks us to explore something new Why ...

I’m decompressing from Avengers: Infinity War. Watched it tonight, and saw, things. Things I can’t explain, without spoiling it for othe...

Remember those sitcoms that every season had an episode that ended up being a clip show? Time is tight, and I’m not happy with the artic...

What can you do when you are 400 words short of the word count requirement in a story? A writer friend asked that this week, so I took a...

Alberto Arcia is a local writer in my part of Texas. He’s always given me straight, no nonsense feedback on my work. His new book is ou...