Dan's Sci-fi & Fantasy Blog

For the past year or so, I've been mining the Internet for writerly quotes that I find particularly interesting or inspiring. Here, I have

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...

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

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...

In my latest entry of my book marketing series, I am revisiting email list promotion. You can find my original post about this topic and...

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...

Howdy! This is the third entry in my book promo series. You can also read about my experiences hawking my books on social media and...

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...

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

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...

This is my second entry in my book promo series. You can learn about my experiences promoting books on social media here. Again, I don't...

As promised, this is the first post about steps I've taken to create buzz for my books. Ultimately, that's what we want, right? Positive...

Today on the blog, author Susie Black gives us some fascinating insight into the concept of writing what you know. Indeed, it seems Ms....

Before discussing the reviews, I have some exciting news to share. Dragons Walk Among Us is now available on the Kiss App. To celebrate,...

I just finished my first round of edits for The Blood of Faeries. It's super exciting to work with my editor and experience my writing...

Your Author Platform Are you a new or aspiring author? Have you seen the phrase “author platform” and felt like you don't have a clue...

Howdy, My eldest son and I just returned from an adventure in Yellowstone and the Tetons––it was AWEsome. Anyway, while on the trip, I...

Howdy, I recently participated in an online chat with some editors and fellow writers. The subject was creating vivid characters. What I...