Jason E Mohler

Well, I’ve started writing again. I’m not working on the sequel to Crown Jewels  like I’d originally planned – that one’s still simmering...

It’s official: I submitted my thesis today. And, of course, my brain’s telling me about everything that doesn’t work and needs improving,...

The American Way™ of plot construction is the 3-act play. Act I is where the story concept and conflict are set up. Act II takes the...

Image generated with Adobe Firefly Books don't appear fully formed, waiting for you to put pen to paper (or fingers to keys), they start...

I like to say I’m a master of the 250-word scene. The keyword there is scene, all you need for a scene is , a character (who), an action...

… The only part of the (very) campy movie that bugs you is that one of the characters formatted their manuscript wrong. I went to see...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a scene I’d been working on while trying to fall asleep and how all it was good for was putting me to...

I recently challenged my followers to write a sc ene of dialogue without using the word okay. Of course a smart-ass immediately came back...

One of the more common questions authors get asked is where do we get our ideas? It's also one of the (no offense) stupider questions out...

What do you think of when I say Excalibur? What about Sting? Heron marked sword? There aren't many fantasy stories that don't have some...