by Justin Swapp | Jan 22, 2013 | Blog
Chanté McCoy recently tagged me in The Next Big Thing blog hop. This is essentially a game authors play to create a network of blog posts that their readers can visit to learn about their existing writing, and future projects. In this particular blog hop, I’ll...
by Justin Swapp | Dec 11, 2012 | Blog
I recently heard about www.fiverr.com and thought I would experiment with some of the services offered for my books and stories. So, I started with my most recent work to hit the kindle library – Cigars for Sawyer. Check out the graphic that came back. What do...
by Justin Swapp | Nov 30, 2012 | Blog
Claudette Cruz, the editor for my upcoming middle grade fantasy novel, “The Magic Shop,” just posted a nice little review on the book. From an author’s perspective, she was great to work with. She took her work seriously, and gave me some fun ideas...
by Justin Swapp | Nov 3, 2012 | Blog, Interviews, writing
I was recently interviewed among a handful of other Crimson Pact Authors. I’ve included the interview below, but if you’d like, you can visit the original page on AlliterationInk’s site here. Roundtable interview with ten of the Crimson Pact...
by Justin Swapp | Oct 27, 2012 | Blog
I wanted to give you a quick update about my first finished novel, The Magic Shop. I had finished a draft of The Magic Shop a month or two ago, and I had been revising it. Finally I decided I had gotten it as far along as I could without someone else with ice in her...
by Justin Swapp | Sep 9, 2012 | Blog, Story Structure, videos, writing |
At one point, this notion was a revelation to me. When I first started writing, I didn’t know the difference between a discovery writer, and an outliner. That is because I just sat down and tried to write. Only later did I discover that by being aware of your...