Category Archives: Writing Guides

Should You Give your LitRPG System a Personality?

One of the first and most important choices for a LitRPG author is whether the System will act as mechanics or a character. In this blog post I’m hoping to explore the pros and cons of both, and any impacts that we should consider before settling one way or the other. In LitRPG, the “System”ContinueContinue reading “Should You Give your LitRPG System a Personality?”

Editing on a budget

This post is for all the new authors who are still trying to figure out how the heck they’re ever going to afford professional editing with no money behind them at the start of their career. I’ve broken up the rest of this post into my top tips. Beta Readers A good beta reader isContinueContinue reading “Editing on a budget”

Kindle Unlimited versus Publishing Wide – the LitRPG perspective

One thing new authors often wonder about is whether or not enrolling in Kindle Unlimited is the right choice for their books. So I’m going to give you a little rundown on this from the LitRPG perspective, because this genre of ours tends to be a little different than others. What is Kindle Unlimited, orContinueContinue reading “Kindle Unlimited versus Publishing Wide – the LitRPG perspective”

Crunchy or creamy? How do you like it?

And no, I’m not talking about peanut butter. I’m talking about LitRPG. A post from a newer author on one of the LitRPG author groups on Facebook prompted me to put this little post together. For those of you outside the LitRPG genre question of creamy versus crunchy probably only applies to breakfast spreads. ButContinueContinue reading “Crunchy or creamy? How do you like it?”

Dragon? Word.

I’ve got some pretty exciting news. A few years back, I bought a program called Dragon Naturally Speaking by a company named Nuance in an attempt to boost my writing productivity. The idea that I could simply dictate what I wanted to write, and it would appear on the screen in front of me, wasContinueContinue reading “Dragon? Word.”