New Book Release! It’s here! After two months of prep, one month of writing, and one month of getting ready to publish, I can now say that my NaNoWriMo 2021 project Elves Vs. Zombies is in the Amazon marketplace! I’ve got a synopsis below. For 200 years after the fall of man, the elves taking residence in our… Read More Elves v Zombies
Anticipation can be a powerful tool The more I look at the amount of detail I’ve been putting into it and the amount of story left to go, next to the amount of time left in the month, this easily looks like a project that could go over the 50,000 word count. I was more… Read More NaNoWriMo2021 by Ben Collier
Okay. I finally got a breather. Hey there! How’s everyone’s NaNo project coming along? I’m trying to do on average 2,000 words a day and it’s been a struggle to keep up. As far as the story, so far I’ve yet to complete the opening scene. I got a late start on November 1st and, just… Read More NaNoWriMo 2021 – First Week! by Benjamin Collier
Writing a Skeletal Plot for a NaNoWriMo Novel – by Benjamin Collier November is approaching faster than I thought! I had listed the last half of October as my time to finalize a skeleton plot with minor details for each scene, (as well as finer details for the opening scene, or whichever scene I plan… Read More Writing a Skeletal Plot
THE CREATIVE NONFICTION WORKBOOK. My best-selling workbook The Novel Author’s Workbook has been a huge success for many years and I’ve got some fantastic reviews. I’m chuffed the workbook has helped so many writers get their wonderful stories out into the world. But I realized a while ago that I didn’t have a full workbook… Read More Creative Nonfiction Workbook
Every work of fiction is a ‘What If’. With Science Fiction the What If is more obvious. “What if we had the ability to travel back in time?” “What if we could bring dinosaurs back?” “What if we could clone ourselves instead of having children?” But even contemporary fiction has a What If when you… Read More What If?
A collection of custom characters I designed using the Creation mode in Soulcalibur 6. As a fiction writer the Soulcalibur franchise has proven to be a useful tool for visualizing my characters and seeing what looks good and what doesn’t. All of these pictures however are just interpretations of others’ characters. Enjoy! (To see some of… Read More How a Fantasy Writer Creates Characters in Soulcalibur 6 – by Benjamin T. Collier
Once you’ve got all your material and have checked all your facts, you’re ready to go through your manuscript more slowly and carefully, checking for basic punctuation, spelling, and grammar mistakes, but also looking for less obvious but common problems writers often trip over. Hunt down and eliminate words or phrases that are. . .… Read More Eliminate Weak Writing – Ann-Margret Hovsepian
New Book Release – ‘Orcs Vs. Wolves’ Posted on January 21, 2021 by benjaminfrog Set in the same post-apocalyptic universe as Vampires Vs. Dragons, Orcs Vs. Wolves continues the Horror vs. Fantasy theme by focusing on a rising conflict between goblins and werewolves in post-apocalyptic Mongolia. In this tale, goblinkind has dominated Eastern Mongolia, keeping both humans and werewolves as slaves, and… Read More New Book Release – ‘Orcs Vs. Wolves’
‘The Final Power: Chronomancer’ Playlist Posted on January 15, 2021 by benjaminfrog A list of songs and instrumental tracks that compliment some of the moments and themes in The Final Power: Chronomancer. I’ve placed them more or less in chronological order as far as the story goes. (Try not to take the song titles too literally. There isn’t actually a… Read More Fantasy Writer’s Playlist by Ben Collier