Josh Vogt - Fantasy Author & Freelancer Posts

A Sioux Center woman has been fired a job at an industrial equipment manufacturer for working on a romance novel on company time. What lessons can we take away from this? First, let me say that while I’m all for squeezing time into a busy schedule to write, unless you…

Holidays and vacations, while they can be hectic at times, are also good for refueling your creativity, giving you all sorts of ideas as they bubble to the surface, as well as vivid characters (who may or may not be based upon certain relatives you see once a year). So…

Home again to a cat who can’t comprehend where we went for the past few days, or why strange people came by to fill his water and food bowl. A wonderful Christmas was had by all, and I hope yours was too. While hanging with the family, they introduced us…

Whatever your traditions and beliefs, I wish everyone a wonderful and restful holiday. The year is almost over, so let’s make the best of these last few days. I see that smile.  Subscribe in a reader

I’ve seen the article where someone figures out all the physics behind Santa delivering presents across the world in one night, but this new model offers a more business/manufacturing perspective. And it looks like someone got a hold of Santa’s day planner as well. Unwrapping the Miraculous Logistics Behind Operation…

The wife, dog and I are taking a rental car to Maryland for Christmas. Blog posting may be sporadic until we return. Let me at least leave you with this: Combining both faux-fur and Christmas fashion, this coat will definitely make you stand out in the usual holiday last-minute shopping…

Okay, so maybe this isn’t exactly “Christmas Spirit.” But what holiday season doesn’t go by where someone doesn’t either warn you about or tell the story of someone who licked a frozen flagpole and got their tongue stuck to it? Since I’ve never had the nerve (or maybe the stupidity)…

I realize I’m a little behind the times in pointing to this website. I heard about it a week or two ago and never got around to actually taking a look at it. But I’m glad I did. http://www.freerice.com The object is simple. You get a word. You try to…

First we get to hear that Robert Jordan’s last book has found its author, and now, another bit of news some of us have wondered about for a few years now: Peter Jackson will be producing The Hobbit. I know there was a whole dispute some time ago, with New…

Lawrence Watt-Evans, author of The Wizard Lord and the upcoming sequel, The Ninth Talisman, lists six rules of fantasy by which a reader or writer can understand the genre a little better, as well as get a clearer idea of how to go about writing a fantasy story Watt-Evans’ First…