Breath of the Wild is a fantastic game. It was, and in many ways still is, a genre defining experience in open world gameplay. Its combat, exploration, and player freedom helped earn it the reward for Game of the Year 2017, among numerous other rewards. One thing it was criticized for, however, was the story. …
Imagine for a moment that you could read that large book on your shelves in half the time, or even a third of the time? What would you be able to do with your newfound free time? I enjoy reading greatly, but I often find that my favorite genre (Fantasy) are packed with extremely long …
Novels that have good prose are widely respected and revered. Having poor prose will drastically harm your book’s reputation. So, how do we write better prose? What is Prose? Before we can talk about how to improve your prose, let us first define the term so we can all start on the same level. Unlike …
How Much Money Do Authors Make? If you are an aspiring author, odds are that you have questioned, “Just how much money do authors make?” Well, rest assured, we will go into that today, but before you worry about royalties, you might want to decide whether you want to self-publish or do traditional publishing. Per …
Ah, the age old question that nearly every aspiring author eventually asks themselves. “Self Publishing or Traditional Publishing, which is better?” Countless hours have been spent on this topic only for authors to scratch their heads and become discouraged. It seems that, nowadays, there is so much misinformation out in the world that finding a …
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A Message for the 22nd Century To those living comfortably because of our successes, or struggling due to our failures… Sitting where you are in the year 2122, is life on earth safe? Can you breathe the air or is the air too dirty to breathe? Right now, the air is clean enough for us …
As I sat in Mr. Bergreen’s class in March of 2018, I made a decision that would follow me for the rest of my life; I decided to Major in Computer Science. Although I did not know it then, this decision also set me on the fast track to becoming an Imposter. Shaky Beginnings When …
The Longest Book Ever After learning about just how productive authors are, my curiosity took me to new places in literature; I wanted to learn about the longest book ever written. In the past, I have read ~400,000 word books (thanks Wheel of Time), and marveled at the sheer amount of work put into such …
After Brandon Sanderson revealed that he wrote a whopping 5 novels in approximately two years, many aspiring authors (including myself) felt bad at their lack of productivity. I mean, how on earth do these authors write so much? Just how productive are authors really? As it turns out, authors who publish books regularly often value …