Frank Herbert’s Dune: Writing Lesson 3

I finished reading Dune by Frank Herbert, and as a first time reader of the series (Yeah.  I know.  Where’ve you been?) I was amazed by the deep philosophical nature of the book.  More than that, though, as I have been posting on this blog, old Frank Herbert has many tips to teach us about the

Frank Herbert’s Dune: Writing Lessons Part 2

Last week I wrote about my new foray into the future world created by Frank Herbert in his first novel Dune.  It is a marvelous novel and I believe anyone who is worth their salt as a science fiction writer should consume the book right now. This week I was reading the events unfold in the

Frank Herbert’s Dune: Writing Lessons Part 1

As anyone who reads this blog knows, I am a huge J.R.R. Tolkien fan.  I’ve read everything he has written including his letters.  I used his letters to write a few blog posts about what Tolkien had to teach us about writing and those do pretty well and still see blog traffic. However, I have

5 Websites To Help Authors Build Fanciful Worlds

Currently I am working on a short story collection to release sometime at the end of October.  I’m currently calling it Headless White Horse, and I’m in the throes of editing through the stories to make them perfect. In the mean time, I’m kicking around an idea to create a fictional system of planets for a