Dan's Sci-fi & Fantasy Blog

A new year will undoubtedly bring new inspirations—or so I hope. The one-time resident writer of my critique group, a best-selling...

Inspiration What inspires you? What inspires me? The picture above exudes a sci-fi vibe. In my opinion, at least. It reminds me of  Dune...

How time sometimes seems to fly! Now that the end of 2024 closes in, it's time to etch my writing goals for 2025 into digital stone.

A while back I used Dall-E to generate images for my characters from The Allison Lee Chronicles. It was an interesting and somewhat fun expe

Today on the blog, author Joanne Ryan Curran dishes on her new release, The Cards That Changed My Life . The Cards That Change My Life...

In the latest entry of my book marketing series, I talk about the strategy/tactics I employed for my latest release. You can find my...

In the latest entry of my book marketing series, I talk about landing my first joint U.S. and international featured deal with BookBub. I...

My younger son absolutely loves proclaiming every night as movie night. Now, if only he'd set aside time for reading without his parents...

2023 Wrap-up 2023 has been an awesome writing year. I feel like I've accomplished quite a bit. On February 1, 2023, for instance, The...

Do you have any reading goals? I used to not bother setting reading goals or the like, but as I've been reading more and more, I found it...

It's the thankful time of year, a time filled with family and friends, and feasting. I want to share some books I'm thankful to have...

Today, I have an extensive Q&A with science-fiction author Ian E. Slatter. I'm pleased to run across another plotter unafraid to advise...

Welcome to my fourth post about my adventures(misadventures?) in marketing my books. Previously, I've blogged about hawking books on...

Today on the blog, I welcome back guest blogger Rose Atkinson-Carter. She shares with us why reading science fiction and fantasy is so...

I have taken Bryan Cohen's free course on Amazon ads on several occasions. I'm far from a master at running ads, but his free courses are...

Today on the blog Rose Atkinson-Carter provides her thoughts on Travis Baldree's Legends & Lattes. Of all the books I've picked up after...

Okay. I've read several books that have been proclaimed as #BookTok sensations. For the uninitiated, #BookTok is a community of...

I surprised myself by brushing off my science fiction and fantasy must-read list for 2023, only seven months into the year. As promised,...

Recently, my writing group did a workshop with mystery author Allen Eskens. His talk was incredibly informative and inspired me to read...

16,000 words. 16,000. That's how many words I've axed from The Allison Lee Chronicles Volume 3 so far. Honestly, I'm impressed I could...