Josh Vogt - Fantasy Author & Freelancer Posts

Even writers with extremely horrible handwriting (such as myself) might be tempted to write longhand with one of these instruments: The Inkless Metal Pen and the Endless Ink Pen. Downsides? Some people have reported that the metal pens write too lightly, making the words difficult to read, depending on what…

There’s a new book trailer for the upcoming Wheel of Time release, Towers of Midnight–the thirteenth in the WoT series being finished up by Brandon Sanderson. Dragonmount.com has revealed this glimpse into Robert Jordan’s world and the return of one of the more famous characters in the series. Produced by…

HBO has set up a new blog with a handful of videos on Making the Game of Thrones. Videos and blog entries come from people such as actor Sean Bean as well as the author of the book series itself, George RR Martin. From what the videos show, the series…

You may have noticed a bit of a change on my Writer’s Resources page on the main site. It’s been updated and upgraded a tad bit, expanding it from the dozen or so links I had before into a Fiction Writer’s Virtual Toolbox, with 150+ links. This new collection of…

Look what I got! While I have a sizable stack of review copies waiting to be worked through, two new arrivals have put me in a tizzy. Yes. I am tizzying. I doth tizzy. First up: The Tavernier Stones, by Stephen Parrish. This is an award sent from first-placing it…

Sci-fi author Tobias Buckell has been experimenting with video blogs during his daily walk, and he’s been picking questions readers and fans send his way. I asked him about his process of choosing book titles and such, and he was kind enough to give quite a detailed answer on several…

Guilt [gilt] -noun  1. An unfortunate side affect that results from being overly exposed to morality. 2. see “chocolate”Sometimes guilt hits me while I’m sitting and working on a scene. Guilt that I’m not outside working on my farmer’s tan instead. Guilt that I’m ignoring friends and family for the…

Lots of updates lately. To start, Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings is out today. You can check out my review of it on my Speculative Fiction Examiner page here, along with a review of The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack, an upcoming release from Pyr. Great reads, both…

I always love seeing authors trying out new ways to make the Internet work for their careers. With eBooks and eReaders on the rise in use and popularity, the channels through which an author can spread word about their writing are constantly expanding. A recent example of this comes from…

Literary agent Nathan Bransford put up a rather weighty post on Tuesday, discussing the various components that go into writing a novel. Considering it’s a topic people have devoted encyclopedic volumes to, you might wonder how Nathan could possibly pare even the most basic essentials down to a single blog…