Stormwolf.com

Here is where I’ll be Thursday night. If you are in the Valley of the Sun, and thinking about doing NaNoWriMo, you want to seriously think about attending. Thursday, October 15 6:30pm – 8:00pm Insider Tips for Writing Fast and Well. The National Novel Writing Month East Valley Region (EValWrimos) presents Michael A. Stackpole to […]

Kicking off tomorrow morning, and going for a full week, Kat Klaybourne and I are having the Grand Opening of Wind River Territory in Second Life. After two years of learning how Second Life can be made to work for creative folks, we bit the bullet and purchased our own island in the virtual world. […]

The latest issues of The Secrets are out and available as part of the Volume Six Subscription Package. Issue 128 takes a look at some first novel problems. I use Lamentation by Ken Scholes as my example. While it’s clear that Mr. Scholes can write very well, the novel’s structure has some problems, as do […]

The newest issue of The Secrets is out and available as part of the Volume Six Subscription Package. This issue covers story construction and the methods for finding and building a character growth arc into any story. While not every story requires a character growth arc; all stories are better for having them. Including character […]

One of the funny things about going to any convention is the number of people who walk up to me and say: “Oh, I didn’t know you were going to be here!” This is especially funny at Gencon because I’ve not missed one since 1981. So, YES, I will be at Gencon this year. I […]

Hey, I just got through a hellish two-day period last week in which temps here in Arizona hit around 110 and I had zero air conditioning. As I joked over on Twitter: it was so hot, Satan called to let me know I was getting credit for time served. I figured August is going to […]

This year is the first year that Aaron Allston and I will be teaching writing at DragonCon in Atlanta, over the Labor Day weekend. Aaron and I have put together 12 hours of writing workshops. You can buy a pass for the whole of them, or pick them up ala carte during the convention. (The […]