Cinematic genre fiction, dark mythmaking, and narrative experiments from the creator of the "Shadowdance" dark action fantasy saga—stories of power, consequence, and justice for the bad guys.
Author Mark Wooden drops writing tips he’s picked up during his years at work.
I like to write these commentaries as a peaceful release from the shit show going on outside my window. Hopefully, reading the commentary is for you too. Which is why I’m doubling up on commentaries today and Friday. And because I forgot to post these last week. But win-win?
Darnit! With the epic Hellscape that was America last week, I forgot to post this and the Friday editions. So, you’ll get a double-up today and Friday of how to write excitement. Stay safe out there.
Time for another writer’s commentary installment! This time we’ll look at world-building by using a character’s point of view. In this case, the character is Iron Man/ Tony Stark.
Writer commentary time! No, I’m not privileged enough to write Batgirl in anything other than fanfiction, but I did it and now let’s learn from it!
Hello friends! I hope quarantine is going well for you. If it’s not, you need to read more. I can help with that at the end of this write-up. In the meantime, here’s the second part of the writer commentary for my Batman/ Iron Man fanfiction, “Armored Underworld.”
This week’s Writer’s Commentary takes us to the beginning of my “Armored Underworld” story. It was set up as a Batman/ Iron Man crossover, but I started the story featuring — Batgirl.
I’ve posted a couple of writer commentaries so, like movie commentaries, you could get a look inside the process of making the stories you’re (hopefully) enjoying. Here’s a quick “oh, crap!” moment I had while working on my latest novel, Two Sisters.
Hello friends! Hope you and yours are doing okay and not being stupid and running around without a mask. Now’s the time to do cosplay all day (as long as you cover your mouth!) No fanfiction this week; devoted my time to the prequel to my two other “Shadowdance” urban fantasy novels. More on that […]
To an outsider, a writer’s job is either very esoteric or extremely easy. Those ideas come fully formed every time a writer sits at the keyboard, right? Those words just coming dripping from a writer’s fingertips, right? Well… no…
As you may know, I’m a fan of writing fanfiction. I’ve done Batman and Iron Man; Spider-Man and the Hulk; Batgirl and Sonya Blade. It’s time for a new world — the world of Judge Dredd. My fanfiction is the perfect remedy for boredom during the COVID-19 lockdowns. It’s something you wouldn’t get from corporate […]
