In less than a month, one of my biggest dreams — and also biggest fears – an an author will come to pass. Two year ago I stared at a story of mind, bit back my fear, wrote a pitch, and submitted the idea of a world swarmed by monstrous hordes, where the dead outnumber …
Author archives: kdrall@yahoo.com
Expose Your Self, in writing. January 2020
I’ve spent the last two days redoing my bibliography on my website, as Tuesday is the official release of 50 Shades of Neigh, and in doing so it’s let me reflect on how, and why, I’ve signed my stories to certain publishing houses. There’s a word passed about among the writing community, and that is …
Continue reading “Expose Your Self, in writing. January 2020”
Goodbye 2019, Suck it up for 2020
I’m not going to lie: I find the advertising of my work to be the toughest part of being a writer. It always feels like a desperate plea, no matter how I swing my words or angle. That being said, I am very proud of how far I’ve come. While I’m not rolling in dough, …
don’t trivialize your villains, november 27, 2019
There is a note on my screen that reads “Don’t trivialize the villain.” What does it mean, and why do I have it posted there? It’s a reminder to myself that the best foes, are those that are actual, honest threats. I, personally, get very annoyed when I read a story and the main foes …
Continue reading “don’t trivialize your villains, november 27, 2019”
The sentences of writing , September 14, 2019
1. INTRODUCTION “Do you know what a sentence is?” I write in a comment on a young writer’s work, to which he replies, “Five to ten for possession?” “I mean in a literary or writing sense.” I laugh as my thumbs pound my smartphone’s screen. Their reply gives me a somber pause. “I know that …
Continue reading “The sentences of writing , September 14, 2019”
Three years in, august 2019
This August marks my third year anniversary as a signed writer. By now, I feel established as an author, comfortable, and yet I’m still excited and not perfectly jaded. Rather than brag about successes and mope about failures, I’d like to instead state where I want to take myself as a writer. This might seem …
On Narrative Voice, July 2019
A question came up recently on Twitter (My favorite hangout to talk to other writers.) about, ‘what voice do you write in?’ Many fellow authors and writers were able to choose 1 combination of narrative point-of-view and tense, yet, to my pleasure, I was able to say, I can’t, because I’m not even published in …
trapped By a wip. Juune 2019
For those in the know… the last few months have seen my mind consumed with my latest project, a cyberpunk/genderpunk near dystopian sci-fi story that aims to point out a rather poignant problem with America’s penal system, and the issue of common recidivism. RECIDIVISM: a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior especially : relapse into criminal behavior https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recidivism …
Guest Blog, A Little Eye-Opening. April 13 2019
Read the original Guest Blog HERE Be it action, be it fantasy, be it science fiction. No matter what we write, it always helps to throw in a little research, even if it is just speculatory. Granted, there may be no better place to explore such wonderful guesses as in the world of speculative literature. …
Continue reading “Guest Blog, A Little Eye-Opening. April 13 2019”
It’s not just Dreams, March 2019
March is almost over… and while I’m panicking about getting my taxes done… I’m also stoked that Urban Gothic was released from Kyanite Publising. Considering the fact that it’s my second major release, I’d really like to take this chance to go into depth about how it came to be, because, it wasn’t easy to …