Josh Vogt - Fantasy Author & Freelancer Posts

It’s weird. I can never quite decide whether I like writing to music, or if I need silence for proper cultivation of inspiration. Either way, I’ve always enjoyed unique music. By that I mean music that often combines various traditional or common styles into something new. Fusion of some sort.…

The Lexicon of Thieves Cant Thanks to Kit Whitfield of Benighted fame for tipping me off to this link. I declare it one of the coolest things ever, and will no doubt endeavor to write a book someday written entirely in thieves cant. For those of you who haven’t clicked…

I’m not there, though I have been, and I never want to be again. But likely I’m going to run into this stage at some point along the way, and I need to be prepared to deal with it. I’m talking about burnout. It’s a symptom that can hit anyone,…

Wine Cellar Sorbets Discovered this last night while running around getting groceries. Now, I’m sure this kind of thing has been around before this brand, or some variation of it. The fun thing was, in taste-testing it, I expected something like grape sorbet, or maybe just something wine-tasting. How good…

I’m willing to bet there is a term out there that describes someone being addicted to mythology and folk tales. I know it would certainly apply to me. Anyone out there want to tell me what I’m afflicted with, if you know the word for it? Here is the latest…

(Woken up by jackhammers literally right outside my window. That’s always a treat. Though, some might argue that it’s a more pleasant sound to wake to than my actual alarm clock.) Now that I’m up… I’m one to enjoy having a plan. I like knowing what the next step is…

Weekends are strange beasts. On the one hand, they offer the illusion of large amounts of free time out of the office, where one could potentially get a decent amount of writing done. It’s like a credit card company, though. There are a lot of hidden fees that detract from…

It’s Saturday. Early in the morning, by my estimate. Of course, early for me involves anytime before 1pm. Right now I’m gathering gear to go get the crap beat out of me in order to build my endurance and fighting technique. It may not sound like much fun, but once…

John Scalzi, ever the shameless self-promoter who certainly abides by the principles of creating conflict and controversy in order to draw attention to himself, has put together a collection of some of his work. This collection is accessible online and, most wonderfully, is free. It includes a full novel, a…

Here is an interesting article that showcases the battle over Hollywood that goes on between the polar opposite worldviews of Christianity and atheism. Oddly enough, the examples the article gives are movies that are coming from rather popular book series, one being The Chronicles of Narnia, and the other being…