Get Sharp: Writing Craft Resources - Updated!
An updated list of books, articles, and podcasts on the writing craft that have helped me over the years
Topic
Honing the Blade
A collection of 60 issues
Warmongers: A Tease
Or, Aphrodisiacs are worldbuilding, too
The Sovereign: Another Excerpt
Orbit has posted the second chapter of The Sovereign…so I will, too! Presenting “Chapter 2: The Warlord.”
Warmongers: Where are you going, where have you been?
Using setting exercises to break through writer’s block: a behind the scenes peek at actual Warmonger writing process from April 2025.
No Lords! No Masters!
Grimdark RPGs with no [game] master—more fun than you think!
The Unbroken: Deleted Scenes 3 - Djasha
An excerpt from the crowd favorite, our beloved Apostate. Every rebellion needs a teacher—or is it that teachers see the need for rebellion?
August 2025: 35 things i have thought about in the last 35 days of my 35th year
It’s my birthday this week. If you cannot guess how old I am turning, don’t worry; I have written an essay about it.
July 2025: Warmongers: The Stack
The books that are feeding me as I write Warmongers, along with some reminders and an editors note.
The Unbroken: Deleted Scenes 2 - Cantic
Hello, again, beloveds!
I've just spent a week and a half at the residency for the Vermont College for Fine Arts (in California--I know), where I'm now part of the writing MFA faculty. I'm pleasantly wrung out and simultaneously sodden and heavy as a
Fate's Bane: The Music Behind the Myth + Giveaway
The music that inspired Fate's Bane, signed bookplates, and advanced copy giveaways.