duncanralstonAug 3, 20197 minIs AMS "Payola" for Indie Authors?I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist. I don't think the moon landing was faked, that 9/11 was an inside job, that there are aliens at...
duncanralstonJul 24, 20195 minWhat the F*ck Do I Do Now?Everyone who's ever decided writing might be something they want to do for the rest of their lives - or at the very least keep as an...
duncanralstonJul 15, 20196 minHow Do You Know When it's Finished?I've been thinking about this a lot lately as I get asked this question a fair bit, so I thought I'd wade in on the subject. How do you...
duncanralstonJul 7, 20197 minOn Writing Dos and Don'tsThere sure has been a lot of "advice" swirling around the blogosphere / Twitterverse / #bookstagram / every other made-up internet...
duncanralstonNov 25, 20185 minStephen King's ON WRITING: the book that brought me back to writing HORROR.In the fall of 1994, I quit Stephen King cold turkey. Mid-book, I threw up my hands (and the book) in frustration. “That’s it! I’m done...
duncanralstonJul 29, 20175 minStephen King's ON WRITING: the book that brought me back to writing horror fiction.(Originally published at THE GINGER NUTS OF HORROR.) In the fall of 1994, I quit Stephen King cold turkey. Mid-book, I threw up my hands...