Category Archives: Writing Resources

Another Revised Novel

Just finished revisions on another novel. There’s well established advice that you should never fiddle with a completed manuscript unless being asked to do so by an editor, but I do find myself drawn towards re-editing. Often this is because of specific comments on a rejected manuscript. This particular bout of editing however sprung from …

May 18, 2013 – 3:14 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Sale: “Slaying Dragons” to Plasma Frequency Magazine

Plasma Frequency Magazine has accepted my story “Slaying Dragons” for publication in an upcoming issue of their magazine! I am not sure which issue it will appear in, but when it is available, I’ll make another post. For now, consider heading over to their current issue and checking out some of the stories. Free downloads …

May 13, 2013 – 9:59 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in My Life, Writing Resources | Tagged , , | Comments (31)

My Spring Office Has Opened

This is where I did my writing today. Very pleased to be able to brave the outdoors now that the snow is gone. Also, do take a look at a recent post by Drew Karpyshyn on his blog where he talks about the process he uses to write novels. Drew has written Star Wars and …

May 10, 2013 – 2:02 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in My Life, Writing Resources | Tagged | Comments (25)

“The Flame Wife” sells to Nightfall Magazine

Found out last week that I sold my short horror piece “The Flame Wife” to Nightfall Magazine. There is a bit of history behind this piece which I’ll talk about here eventually, but for now I’m just delighted this strange story has found a good home. Not sure yet which issue I’ll be appearing in, …

April 29, 2013 – 8:18 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , , | Comments (40)

Lazy Designer Book 3 Exploration and Gameplay Is…

Not finished yet. I am working on it. It is just that it has so much more content than the previous two volume combined, that it’s more akin to finishing one of my novels. Which means, it takes time. That said, I have finally finished my giant grammar pass through all the sections and have …

April 26, 2013 – 1:26 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in My Life, The Lazy Designer, Writing Resources | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Read “Inside Magic Circles”

If you’d like to read my science fiction story, “Inside Magic Circles” it is now available at Perihelion Science Fiction. You can read the current issue for free. Please keep in mind that this story is somewhat dark and may be disturbing, so if you don’t like that kind of thing, don’t read it.

April 15, 2013 – 3:32 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , | Comments (25)

March Madness

A few days late posting this but we were busy over the holidays. Anyways, March turned out to be an interesting month, in terms of writing. I ended up selling three stories. I’ve previously mentioned “Great White” being included in Crossed Genre’s anthology “Oomph: A little super goes a long way” and Perihelion accepting “Magic …

April 3, 2013 – 1:26 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , , , | Comments (31)

Great White Sells!

Decided I should mention the anthology sale I alluded to in a previous post. I was waiting for the official announcement of the table of contents I’ll be sharing with other writers, but given that a few others have mentioned selling to the anthology, I figured I should too. Anyways, I’m very pleased that Crossed …

March 28, 2013 – 10:49 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , , , , | Comments (43)

Update!

I’ve been super busy (and not distracted at all by the spring weather), but here’s a brief update. Edits on the third book in the Lazy Designer series are going well, albeit slower than I anticipated. This is partly because I’m about to release a _software thingy_ (not a game). I’m also preparing a story …

March 27, 2013 – 2:34 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged | Comments (3)

“Magic Circles” sells to Perihelion!

Perihelion Magazine has accepted my story, “Magic Circles” for publication in a future issue of their online science fiction magazine. I am looking forward to seeing my story on the site. If you haven’t read any of the fiction there, please check it out. This is my second sale this month, though I haven’t mentioned …

March 16, 2013 – 11:06 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , , | Comments (38)