Author | Joseph L. Selby

Thoughts

The journal and sometimes blog of author, Joseph L. Selby.

  • Straight Lines

    I’m hanging out at Midas while my windows are fixed so my car can pass inspection. I’m posting from my phone, so please pardon the typos. The Pre has a small keyboard and I have fat thumbs. I tried to begin revision on THE TRIAD SOCIETY today, but I felt compelled to continue with JEHOVAH’S…

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  • Not Enough Why

    A double dipper! I try not to post twice in a day, but I need to get this down before I lose it. Setting is important, especially in fantasy. In fact, one of the first mistakes novice fantasists make is to spend more time talking about their story than the story. Setting is the canvas…

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  • Querying is Scary Shit

    I like writing fast. I like producing a lot of stories in a short amount of time. I have a lot of stories crammed into this brain, and I’m starting later than I should have in my life (whole different therapy session about why that is). Regardless, I have somewhere between 10 and 30 years…

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  • Ponderings and Plannings

    A side note: I dislike “a novel” being included on a book cover unless the book’s title is “a novel.” I think it sounds pretentious. In fact, I think it’s intentionally pretentious to appeal to that category’s audience. I will, at some point, write a story and title it A NOVEL. Fuck your pretension. So,…

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  • Struggling with Voice

    As I get older and make a more concerted effort to write professionally, I do not write with the abandon that I did when I was young. A younger me wrote phonetically and with dialects whenever I wanted to express an accent. An older me mentions the accent, but only touches a few key words…

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  • Another Transition

    What? What? What? What is this guy doing on Blogger? He’s been on LiveJournal since 2003? What does he think he’s doing here? To be honest, I’m not sure whether I’m staying. The last time I fiddled with Blogger was for work three years ago. Things have certainly changed since then. A lot. Things have…

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