Josh Vogt - Fantasy Author & Freelancer Posts

Just a quick piece tonight to let you know of a few additions to the website. I’ve updated the Links section and the Writer Resources section to include a decent list of sites worth visiting, both just for fun, for readers looking for a new author to try out, and…

This week was a killer. My department is finishing up all sorts of deadlines, which means my boss drops by every 30 seconds to drop off another ream of paper for me to scour for the errant or missing comma. It’s amazing how many people can go over a piece…

I love ideas. They so often take on a life of their own. They can be shy and hide in the corners or underneath the bed. They can be hellishly rambunctious children, knocking over the furniture and tearing around the house until you finally do whatever it takes just to…

I was reading through the blog of U.K. author Kit Whitfield (http://www.kitwhitfield.com/blog.html) whose debut book Benighted recently was released in the U.S. Benighted is the story of a woman who lives in a world similar to ours…except in her world, the majority of the human population is lycanthropic. Werewolves. The…

I’m jittering like someone on their twentieth straight shot of espresso. I wonder if I eat this mini Snickers bar whether my heart will stop. Nope, still alive. But now I’m hearing maniacal laughter and I’m about 45% certain it’s not coming from me. Ok. It’s Halloween. The weird thing…

Let me give this blog a little focus. And by a little focus, I mean by telling a few (okay, a lot) of things I’d like this blog to eventually do, and therefore let folks know what to expect whenever you browse my way. I’m a bit of a trifecta,…

I’ve come to realize there are several elements in my apartment that drive me to distraction and detract from my attempts to write. The first is the internet. If I have something I need to get done, a story draft, whatever…sometimes it’s so bad I literally have to unplug my…

It’s one of those blustery days here, where it feels like the wind wants to pick you up and dance with you. That or give everyone the bed-head look. The sun winked at us for about five minutes this afternoon, but now clouds and raindrops are sweeping up the sidewalks.…

Who out there has heard of NaNoWriMo? Anyone? No. It isn’t some nanotech cyberpunk term. It’s the National Novel Writing Month, founded by Chris Baty, where thousands of people sign up one month out of the year and dedicate themselves to writing 50,000 words in 30 days or less! Apparently…