Librarians, how I love thee! I spent Friday afternoon at the Hilton Harrisburg for the annual PSLA Conference. No, I'm not a Pennsylvania School Librarian, but I do know a few of them, and so I went to participate as a local author on the vending floor. What a delightful day! And back to my [...]
Hi, friends! I hope you've all had a wonderful 2022 and that you're anticipating 2023 with high hopes. I've been working hard this year and I look forward to continuing on my writing journey throughout the next year. I can't wait to share with you the YA fantasy that's on its way next year, but [...]
Around this time of year, I usually start compiling my writing statistics, but I've got a month or so before I call the year complete, so let's move to another subject, one that never fails to make me laugh. People. People are really funny even when they don't mean to be. Every single time I [...]
Any artist will tell you the key to progressing in an artistic endeavor is consistency. This applies to painting, drawing, digital art, music composition, and yes, writing. Maybe especially writing. It should come as a surprise to exactly no one that, six months ago, I was deep in a writer's block. It wasn't that I [...]
Every year I do a quick summary of what I've accomplished in my writing career and sometimes what I've accomplished in life. It's a great way to look back and realize I actually *have* been pretty busy, no, I *wasn't* slacking as much as I thought, and hey, this year wasn't so bad. (Covid and [...]
One of the biggest rules in writing stories of any length is "write what you know." That's not to say I know anything about real magic, or talismans, or chaos. I mean, really, who really does? (Well, okay, I know a *little* about chaos these days.) But the bigger takeaway from this rule is generally [...]
Have you ever wanted something in your life so badly you can't imagine living without it? Have you ever felt that if someone just gave you a chance, you know you could succeed? This? Is every writer I know. Every dreamer. We write, we create. We make real our fantasy worlds, give breath to characters [...]
I shoot some stats just about every year, mostly to prove to myself that, yes, I *am* actually moving forward in this thing called a writing career. Given the craziness of 2020 all around, *I* wouldn't even blame me if I'd chosen to fall off the face of the earth, or hide under a blanket [...]
With all the technology that exists today, why, oh why, hasn't a 16-year-old tech whiz come up with a way to record our thoughts as we fall asleep each night? I would hand my money over in a heartbeat. I'd pay yesterday. I'd take a second mortgage on my house to cover payments. And so [...]
Dear friends, As this last day of the year fast draws to an end (and my kiddos would be the first to remind me that it’s ALSO the end of a *decade*), I want to talk about something that I’ve been thinking about for a while. Which is weird… …because I can’t think of the [...]
L. Ryan Storms 