There's nothing more satisfying than seeing a finished product being enjoyed by the population. It doesn't matter if you're an artist, an author, a parent or an actor. To see people appreciate something you've put so much energy and effort into is rewarding unto itself. But a good artist, author, etc. knows that one should … Continue reading Books Ahoy!

Tech week. TECH week. TECH WEEK!!! In theater, there's always that final week before you open the show. You know, the week when everything goes wrong, the technical people (lights and sound mostly) are still working out the kinks while the actors (who are no longer allowed to call for their line) desperately struggle to … Continue reading Tech Week

Posting may be a little erratic this week, since A Bad Year For Tomatoes opens Thursday, October 7th. Tickets are still available for the opening night. Got a message from a few people this week about Google search and yours truly. If you type in "jason cordova" it recommends "corruptor" to help you finish it … Continue reading This Week in Babbling…

"But Jason", someone's going to say, "there's s-e-x in the book!" Trust me. If a 16 year old doesn't know anything about sex after listening to the current Top 20 on the radio, then they live in a place where the children can't read books like this anyways or the radio station is nothing but classical music.

Just how much creative license can one person take before the reality police pull them over for disorderly conduct? I was emailing Barb Caffrey earlier about some military terminology and what you can get away with when I realized that, by and large, the majority of scifi writers get crucified whenever their math is incorrect. … Continue reading Disorderly Misconduct

When the plague visits me (I call getting sick the plague, FYI) I generally have little production or interaction with the human species. So it's a short and sweet "How do you cope?" when you're sick question today. Ugh, when will these meds kick in...?

I'm going to just say "Have a good weekend" and enjoy this little tease of a snippet from Wraithkin

James Enge, author of Blood of Ambrose, has gotten back to me and he agreed to be interviewed. Yay! I'll be sending the info to him and (hopefully) it'll be up within the next few weeks either here or at Shiny Book Reviews. Wrote quite a bit yesterday after the update, and was generally pleased. … Continue reading Enge-date

Good morning readers! How is your lovely day going? Oh, need some caffeine? Ah, you haven't had breakfast yet... I understand. Here, have a donut or three with your coffee. Now some snacks... yum yum. Believe it or not, the majority of writers are very unhealthy critters. We snack when we write, we sip absentmindedly … Continue reading The Michelin Man Cometh

On the plus side, I edit other people's work fairly well. So I guess it balances out rather nicely, so I don't find my mad skills overflowing with monkey nuts.

You see, to a lot of authors, these are your babies, your children growing up before your eyes. To your readers, these characters are often growing up with them, maturing as they do and doing things throughout their lives which the reader can relate to. It's heartbreaking, but joyous at the same time, when you get to begin and end relationships your characters have. Why does this come up today, though, when I've focused more this week on what the effects characters have on their worlds?

Sliding over from writing a book to creating characters for gaming purposes is a fairly simple endeavor, plus one you can steal ideas from to build upon your book. Yes, I said steal. Because nothing says creative like your DM telling you that your gnome just bought a time share in Hell with a lovely … Continue reading The Depth of Character Actions (Or “This Is NOT How I Met Your Mother”)