Articles

We publish a lot of articles here on the blog. And that can make it a bit cumbersome to find old ones. You can always use the tags on the right side of the blog, or just come to this page for a single list of all the articles -- including the roundtables, interviews, and topical articles -- in their originally published order.

Maybe we need to compile some of this stuff into a book. It would certainly make one heck of a thick, heavy doorstop, that's for sure.

Incorporating Multiple Religions Into Your Writing Diversity  -- Coming soon!

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/11/incorporating-multiple-religions-into.html

The Influence of Folklore on Genre Fiction

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-influence-of-folklore-on-genre.html

Normalizing Marginalized People In Your Fiction

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/11/normalizing-marginalized-people-in-your.html

The Scariest?

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-scariest.html

Best Practices: Write Something Scary!

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/10/best-practices-write-something-scary.html

Creative Non-Fiction
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/10/creative-non-fiction.html

Globe-Trotting (Writing Multiple Settings)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/09/globe-trotting-writing-multiple-settings.html

Help! My Characters Hijacked My Story! (But Did They? Did They Really?)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/08/help-my-characters-hijacked-my-story.html

Adult Writers, Child Readers?

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/04/adult-writers-child-readers.html

Fanfiction -- No Longer a Dirty Word in Fiction?

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/03/fanfiction-no-longer-dirty-word-in.html

Playing in Someone Else's Sandbox
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/02/playing-in-someone-elses-sandbox.html

On the Dark Side (Yeah, Yeah) On the Dark Side
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/02/on-dark-side-yeah-yeah-on-dark-side.html

The Power of Whimsy
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-power-of-whimsy.html

Best Dialog Advice You Ever Received

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/11/best-dialog-advice-you-ever-received.html

Great Fiction: Inspired By or Reaction To (Or Both)?

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/10/great-fiction-inspired-by-or-reaction.html

Horror That Inspires

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/10/horror-that-inspires.html

A.I. for Writers: Useful Tool or Just a "Tool"

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/09/ai-for-writers-useful-tool-or-just-tool.html

The Gray Valley -- Good Villains and Bad Heroes (A Roundtable)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-gray-valley-good-villains-and-bad.html

The Green-Eyed Monster -- A Roundtable

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-green-eyed-monster-writer-roundtable.html

Show, Don't Tell -- Sure. But How? A Description Writing Roundtable

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/07/show-dont-tell-sure-but-how-description.html

Getting Cozy 

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/06/getting-cozy.html

Balancing Backlog: When the Well Overflows

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/06/balancing-backlog-when-well-overflows.html

Not So Famous Last (and First) Words

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/04/not-so-famous-last-and-first-words.html

Narrowing the Target -- Publishing with a Single Audience in Mind

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/03/narrowing-target-publishing-with-single.html

Oh, Oh, Oh, It's Magic! Building Magic Systems in Fiction.

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/03/oh-oh-oh-its-magic-building-magic.html

Copycat, Copycat: Writers on Copying Our Inspirations

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/03/copycat-copycat-writers-on-copying-our.html

The Soul Sneaking into the Creation

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-soul-sneaking-into-creation.html

When is a dove not a dove? Symbolism in fiction.

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/02/when-is-dove-not-dove-symbolism-in.html

Thankful Writers Pass the Turkey

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/11/thankful-writers-pass-turkey.html

The End (Or Not?)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-end-or-not.html

Gothic Traditions and the Contemporary Genre Writer

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/10/gothic-traditions-and-contemporary.html

Tried and True Methods To Create and Maintain... Suspense!

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/10/tried-and-true-methods-to-create-and.html

Is Your Setting Just a Place or a Character?

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/10/is-your-setting-just-place-or-character.html

Creating Effective Story Bibles

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/09/creating-effective-story-bibles.html

Ideal Work Environments

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/09/ideal-work-environments.html

Self-Editing Tips and Tricks

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/07/self-editing-tips-and-tricks.html

Flat and Round: The Character Conundrum

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/06/flat-and-round-character-conundrum.html

Don't Tell the Truth -- The Key to Intriguing Stories

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/06/dont-tell-truth-key-to-intriguing.html

Fashion Sense (Writers on character clothing and fashion)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/05/fashion-sense-writers-on-character.html

Romancing the Genre (With Apologies to the Stone)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/04/romancing-genre-with-apologies-to-stone.html

New and Classic: The Pulp Conundrum

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/03/new-and-classic-pulp-conundrum.html

Why Do You Write... Horror?

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/03/why-do-you-write-horror.html

Questions from a Brave and Stupid Man to a Panel of Women Writers #3: Men (Mis)Writing Women

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/03/questions-from-brave-and-stupid-man-to.html

Pet Peeves (Bad Action Writing)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/03/pet-peeves-bad-action-writing.html

Writing Period Culture -- What's Your Style?

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/02/writing-period-culture-whats-your-style.html

Characters Who Kick Ass... Emotionally

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/02/characters-who-kick-ass-emotionally.html

Writing in the Time of Covid (Not to Be Confused with Love in the Time of Cholera)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/02/writing-in-time-of-covid-not-to-be.html

A Matter of Pantsing -- How Do You Outline?
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-matter-of-pantsing-how-do-you-outline.html

Myth Making (A Pulp Factory Discussion)
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/06/myth-making-pulp-factory-discussion.html

Urban, High, Low, or Something Else? Writers on Fantasy...
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/06/for-our-newest-writers-roundtable-lets.html

How Much Do Writers Read?
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/06/how-much-do-writers-read.html

Questions from a Brave and Stupid Man to a Panel of Women Writers #2:
Pseudonyms
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/05/questions-from-brave-and-stupid-man-to_31.html

Questions from a Brave and Stupid Man to a Panel of Women Writers #1:
Because Asking Honest Questions Is the Best Starting Point, I Was Told
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/05/questions-from-brave-and-stupid-man-to.html

The Changing Role of Comic Books in Adventure Entertainment
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-changing-role-of-comic-books-in.html

Everything Old Is New Again -- Reviving Old-School Literary Tropes and Techniques for Contemporary Fiction
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/03/everything-old-is-new-again-reviving.html

Literary Pulp -- The Roundtable
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/03/literary-pulp-roundtable.html

Economic Diversity in Fiction
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/02/economic-diversity-in-fiction.html

Can Non-Series Fiction Compete with Series Fiction? (A Reader and Writer Roundtable)
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/01/non-series-reader-base-building-reader.html

Writing Holiday Fiction
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/12/writing-holiday-fiction.html

Natural and Fun: Writers on Sex and Sexuality in Fiction
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/12/natural-and-fun-writers-on-sex-and.html

What Are You Thankful For, Writer?
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/11/what-are-you-thankful-for-writer.html

My City or Your City -- Choosing and Creating Your Setting
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/11/my-city-or-your-city-choosing-and.html

Forget the Scissors, I Need a Machete!
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/08/forget-scissors-i-need-machete.html

No Writer Is an Island
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/05/no-writer-is-island.html

Baby Makes Her Back Cover Talk
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/05/baby-makes-her-back-cover-talk-with.html

What's your favorite opening line from your own work?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/03/whats-your-favorite-opening-line-from.html

The Worst Advice Ever About Writing Dialog
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-worst-advice-ever-about-writing_9.html

The Role of the Innocent Hero
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-role-of-innocent-hero.html

The Changing Face(s) of Pulp: Does New Pulp Make Heroes for Every Reader?
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-changing-faces-of-pulp-does-new.html

Know-It-Alls Telling Stories: Writers on Omniscient Narrators
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/01/know-it-alls-telling-stories-writers-on.html

Pushing Your Genre Boundaries -- Writing Outside Your Comfort Zone
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/01/pushing-your-genre-boundaries-writing.html

Fictionalizing History
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/01/fictionalizing-history.html

Pulp, Noir, and Hard-Boiled: You Got Your Chocolate in My Peanut Butter!
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/12/pulp-noir-and-hard-boiled-you-got-your.html

White by Default? A Character Assumption Roundtable
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/10/white-by-default-character-assumption.html

Draft Editing: Whens and Whats
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/04/draft-editing-when-and-whats.html

Writers Read -- Or Do They?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/03/writers-read-or-do-they.html

Trends in Writing: To Chase or Not To Chase
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/03/trends-in-writing-to-chase-or-not-to.html

Thank You, Captain Planet -- Writers Respond to Politically Correct Character Casting
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/02/thank-you-captain-planet-writers.html

The Stereotype Wore Black: Avoiding the Cliches that Stain Your Pulp and Noir Mysteries
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-stereotype-wore-black-avoiding.html

Step By Step
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/11/step-by-step.html

Tuning Up Your Writing Time (Writing to a Music Mix)
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/11/tuning-up-your-writing-time-writing-to.html

Writers at the Movies
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/11/writers-at-movies.html

Online Writing Resources
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/10/online-writing-resources.html

Listen to Your Characters... But How?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/09/listen-to-your-characters-but-how.html

Going Pro
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/07/going-pro.html

Childhood Inspirations
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/07/childhood-inspirations.html

Oh, the Horrors (of the Publishing World)
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/06/oh-horrors-of-publishing-world.html

Have It Your Way -- Genre-Blending in Contemporary Fiction
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/06/have-it-your-way-genre-blending-in.html

Origin Stories (On Becoming a Writer)
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/06/origin-stories-on-becoming-writer.html

Unconventional Structures -- Revisited
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/05/unconventional-structures-revisited.html

Building Stories on Unconventional Structures -- Breaking the Rules for Fun and Profit!
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/04/building-stories-on-unconventional.html

The Innocent Hero (A Blast from the Past)
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-role-of-innocent-hero.html

Time After Time -- Writing in "Period"
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/04/time-after-time-writing-in-period.html

The Long and Short of It -- Tips for Writing to Word Counts
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-long-and-short-of-it-tips-for.html

Clean, Cleaner, Squeaky Clean, or Get Your Hands Off My Words?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/04/clean-cleaner-squeaky-clean-or-get-your.html

When the Sh*t Hits the Fan: Ramping Up Toward the Conclusion
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/03/when-sht-hits-fan-ramping-up-toward.html

Fans Say the Craziest Things
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/03/fans-say-craziest-things.html

Workspace -- A Visual Roundtable Experience
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/03/workspace-visual-roundtable-experience.html

Do Your Read & Write Faves Connect?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/02/do-your-read-write-faves-connect.html

Finding and Working with Beta Readers
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/02/finding-and-working-with-beta-readers.html

Writing through Nostalgia-Colored Glasses
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/02/writing-through-nostalgia-colored.html

Pow! Right in the Viscera! -- Writing Prose with a Gut Punch
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/02/pow-right-in-viscera-writing-prose-with.html

My View, Your View, Their View, and Our View -- Writers on POV
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/01/my-view-your-view-their-view-and-our.html

Something to Say -- Writers on Theme
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/01/something-to-say-writers-on-theme.html

Successful Book Marketing
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/01/successful-book-marketing.html

No S*#t, Sherlock: Publishers Clue Us In About the New Public Domain Detective
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/12/no-st-sherlock-publishers-clue-us-in_18.html

So... Sherlock Holmes?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/12/so-sherlock-holmes.html

Anti-Heroes: Why?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/11/anti-heroes-why.html

The Language Barrier -- Tolkien Did It, So It's Okay, Right?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-language-barrier-tolkien-did-it-so.html

Your Character Is Your Contract with the Reader
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/10/your-character-is-your-contract-with.html

Comic Book Kismet -- Writers and Artists Speak Out
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/10/comic-book-kismet-writers-and-artists.html

Don't Suck. Okay, Well Can You Be More Specific?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/10/dont-suck-okay-well-can-you-be-more.html

Art vs. Money: Writers Sound Off
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/10/art-vs-money-writers-sound-off.html

Best and Worst Advice: A Writer Roundtable
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/10/best-and-worst-advice-writer-roundtable.html

The OP Hero -- Balancing Plot and Character
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-op-hero-balancing-plot-and-character_3.html

Hot Lead and Dead Steel? What about Westerns?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/06/hot-lead-and-dead-steel-what-about.html

The Cover Story -- What Makes Book Covers Work?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-cover-story-what-makes-book-covers.html

The Butt End of the Book -- Ending a Story
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-butt-end-of-book-ending-story.html

What's My Motivation?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/04/whats-my-motivation.html

Violence and Gore -- Write Less or Write More?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/04/violence-and-gore-write-less-or-write.html

Fictional World Building in Action/Adventure Stories
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/04/fictional-world-building-in.html

Building Fantasy Worlds in Fiction
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/03/building-fantasy-worlds-in-fiction.html

The Opening Salvo -- Grabbing Readers from the First Sentence
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-opening-salvo-grabbing-readers-from.html

The Wayback Machine -- WWY(ou)D
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-wayback-machine-wwyoud.html

Mine or Yours: The Comic Book Edition
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2013/07/mine-or-yours-comic-book-edition.html

Mine or Yours: New Characters vs. Existing Characters
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2013/07/mine-or-yours-new-characters-vs.html

Pulps and Race -- A Writer's Roundtable
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2013/06/pulps-and-race-writers-roundtable.html

Filling Your Basket With Literary Easter Eggs
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2013/04/filling-your-basket-with-literary.html

Dream Up the Next DC JLA Event -- A Fan Roundtable
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2013/02/dream-up-next-dc-jla-event-fan.html

Going Public About the Public Domain
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2013/02/going-public-about-public-domain.html

Is Writing Really Re-Writing?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2013/02/is-writing-really-re-writing-roundtable.html

Plotting and Pantsing: A Writers' Roundtable
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2013/02/plotting-and-pantsing-writers-roundtable.html

Marrying Plot and Character
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2013/01/marrying-plot-and-character.html

Bibbity, Bloggity, Boo -- Writers Who Blog
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/12/bibbity-bloggity-boo-writers-who-blog.html

The Illusion of Change -- The Comics and Pulp Conundrun
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-illusion-of-change-comics-and-pulp.html

Bullets vs. Bonding -- Balancing action and characterization in pulp fiction
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/11/bullets-vs-bonding-balancing-action-and.html

Can White Men Jump? Writing Other Races and Genders Than Your Own
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/11/can-white-men-jump-writing-other-races.html

Tales to Keep You In... Suspense!
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/10/tales-to-keep-you-in-suspense.html

What makes a horror book scary?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/10/what-makes-horror-book-scary.html

Words and Art: Finding the Right Blend in Comic Book Scriptwriting
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/10/words-and-art-finding-right-blend-in.html

Killing or Kissing the Muse -- Writers on Finding Inspiration
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/09/killing-or-kissing-muse-writers-on.html

Breaking New Ground in New Pulp
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/09/breaking-new-ground-in-new-pulp-writers.html

We're Here To Pump Your Characters Up
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/09/were-here-to-pump-your-characters-up.html

The Hero's Journey -- To Campbell Or Not To Campbell
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-heros-journey-to-campbell-or-not-to.html

Getting Under the Hero's Skin -- Writers on Villains
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/08/getting-under-heros-skin-writers-on.html

Getting the First and Last Word -- Story Openings and Endings
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/07/getting-first-and-last-word-story.html

Re-Writing the Old Familiar
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/06/re-writing-old-familiar.html

The Horror of It All -- Writers on Being Scary with Words
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/05/horror-of-it-all-writers-on-being-scary.html

Science Fiction, Space Fantasy, and the World of Speculative Storytelling
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/05/science-fiction-space-fantasy-and-world.html

Making the Fantasy Fantastic
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/05/making-fantasy-fantastic.html

The Story Behind Urban Fantasy
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/05/story-behind-urban-fantasy.html

Why Do You Write... Pulp?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/04/why-do-you-write-pulp.html

Pulp with Pictures
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/04/pulp-with-pictures.html

Looking Out for Number One... or Is That Number Two? Writing for Yourself or For the Fans?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/04/looking-out-for-number-1-or-is-that.html

Hey You, Open the Book! -- What Makes an Effective Cover?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/hey-you-open-book-what-makes-effective.html

How Epic is Epic? -- Working with "Epic" Storylines
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-epic-is-epic-working-with-epic.html

Everything Old is New Again... Too New
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/everything-old-is-new-again-too-new.html

Childhood Books and Movies: When You Can't Go Home Again
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/childhood-books-and-movies-when-you.html

Straight Talk About Origin Stories
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/straight-talk-about-origin-stories.html

An Issue Too Long? How Long Should a "Typical" Comic Book Arc Be?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/02/issue-too-long-how-long-should-typical.html

Comics to Prose: From Four Colors to Black Text
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/02/comics-to-prose-from-four-colors-to.html

Pulps to Comics: A Bridge or a Chasm?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/02/pulp-to-comics-bridge-or-chasm.html

Running on Feet of Clay -- How Bad Can a Hero Be and Still Be a Good Guy?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/01/running-on-feet-of-clay-how-bad-can.html

How Dangerous a Mask Can Be -- The Fascination with the Masked Hero in Pulps
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-dangerous-mask-can-be-fascination.html

A Walk on the Dark Side: Writing Believable Villains
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/01/walk-on-dark-side-writing-believable.html

The Pulp Writers and Fans Roundtable About Comic Books
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2011/12/pulp-writers-and-fans-roundtable-about.html

Genre-Bending: How Pure Should Pulp Fiction Be?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2011/12/genre-bending-how-pure-should-pulp.html

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow—In What Time Period Does Pulp Fit Best?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2011/12/yesterday-today-and-tomorrowin-what.html

Type. Type. (Stereo)Type: Taming the Familiar Beast
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2011/12/type-type-stereotype-taming-familiar.html

Bullets vs. Bonding -- Balancing action and characterization in pulp fiction
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2011/12/bullets-vs-bonding-balancing-action-and.html

Writing Pet Peeves: A Roundtable
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/02/writing-pet-peeves-roundtable.html

Nikki Nelson-Hicks: Opening a Vein of Anger

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/11/nikki-nelson-hicks-opening-vein-of-anger.html

Kevin Pettway, Misplaced Adventurer

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/11/kevin-pettway-misplaced-adventurer.html

Paul Landri: The Darker Side of Nostalgia

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/05/paul-landri-darker-side-of-nostalgia.html

Chris Riker: I'm Nuts

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/06/chris-riker-im-nuts.html

Keith Giles: Un-Boxed-In and Un-Hindered

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/04/keith-giles-un-boxed-in-and-un-hindered.html

Brian K. Morris: Give Me Permission and a Word Count

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/03/brian-k-morris-give-me-permission-and.html

Brittany Wilcox: How Fan Fiction Became My Tool for Healing

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/03/how-fan-fiction-became-my-tool-for.html

Martheus Wade: Ninja With a Pencil

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/03/martheus-wade-ninja-with-pencil.html

S. Rupsha Mitra: Love and Culture in the Smoked Frames

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/03/s-rupsha-mitra-love-and-culture-in.html

John French: Writing in the Ruins

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/02/john-french-writing-in-ruins.html

Scott McCullar: Bringing the Thrills 

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/02/scott-mccullar-bringing-thrills.html

Herika Raymer: Creepy, Hold the Gore 

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/02/herika-raymer-creepy-hold-gore.html

Dan Jolley: From Unknown to Obscure! 

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/02/dan-jolley-from-unknown-to-obscure.html

Kaye Lynne Booth: Who Almost Wasn't 

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/01/kaye-lynne-booth-who-almost-wasnt.html

HC Playa: Every Project Is a Dream Project 

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/01/hc-playa-every-project-is-dream-project.html

Ef Deal: It Began with a Library Card 

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/01/ef-deal-it-began-with-library-card.html

Lynn Hesse: A Southern Spin on Crime and Murder 

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/01/lynn-hess-southern-spin-on-crime-and.html

Doug Van Belle: Something Worth Sharing 

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/12/doug-van-belle-something-worth-sharing.html

Stephen Prouse: Monkey with a Hand Grenade

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/05/stephen-prouse-monkey-with-hand-grenade.html

Robin Burk: The Courage To Be Who You Are Meant To Be

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/05/robin-burk-courage-to-be-who-you-are.html

Swords, Magic, and the Armor of Author David Wright

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/05/swords-magic-and-armor-of-author-david.html

Persistence in the Face of Great Adversity

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/08/persistence-in-face-of-great-adversity.html

Drew Geraci Is In Demand(s)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/07/drew-geraci-is-in-demands.html

Thrills 'n' Chills with Bobby Nash

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/03/thrills-n-chills-with-bobby-nash.html

Jason Waltman: A Man with a Plan

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/02/jason-waltman-man-with-plan.html

Mocha Memoir Press Interview Series:

Alledria Hurt  

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/11/mocha-memoirs-press-focus-12-alledria.html 

Lisa Wood

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/11/mocha-memoirs-press-focus-11-lisa-wood.html

Maya Preisler
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/11/mocha-memoirs-press-focus-10-maya.html

V.G. Harrison (Marcia Colette)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/11/mocha-memoirs-press-focus-9-vg-harrison.html

Stephen Brayton

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/10/mocha-memoirs-pres-focus-8-stephen.html

Sumiko Saulson

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/10/mocha-memoirs-press-focus-7-sumiko.html

Alexandra Christian

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/10/mocha-memoirs-press-focus-6-alexandra.html

Crymsyn Hart

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/10/mocha-memoirs-press-focus-5-crymsyn-hart.html

Vonnie Winslow Crist

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/09/mocha-memoirs-press-focus-4-vonnie.html

Rie Sheridan Rose

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/09/mocha-memoirs-press-focus-3-rie.html

Todd Sullivan

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/09/mocha-memoirs-press-focus-1-todd.html

Ronald T. Jones

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/09/mocha-memoirs-press-focus-1-ronald-t.html

eSpecs Books Interview Series: 

Lisanne Norman
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/09/espec-books-focus-13-lisanne-norman.html

Keith DeCandido
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/08/especs-books-focus-13-keith-decandido.html

Jeff Young
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/08/especs-books-focus-12-jeff-young.html

Aaron Rosenberg
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/08/especs-books-focus-11-aaron-rosenberg.html

Ty Drago
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/08/especs-books-focus-10-ty-drago.html

Robert E. Waters
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/08/especs-books-focus-9-robert-e-waters.html

Ken Shrader
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/08/especs-books-focus-8-ken-shrader.html

Michael A. Black
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/08/especs-books-focus-7-michael-black.html

Mary Fan
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/08/especs-books-focus-6-mary-fan.html

Ef Deal
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/08/especs-books-focus-5-ef-deal.html

David Lee Summers

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/08/especs-books-focus-4-david-lee-summers.html

Christopher J. Burke

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/08/especs-books-focus-3-christopher-j-burke.html

Christopher L. Bennett

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/08/especs-books-focus-2-christopher-l.html

Danielle Ackley-McPhail

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/08/especs-books-focus-1-danielle-ackley.html

Sara Freites: I Can't Ask for More

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/07/sara-freites-i-cant-ask-for-more.html

Ricky Ruszin: People Are the Real Monsters

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/07/ricky-ruszin-people-are-real-monsters.html

John Bruening: At Any Given Moment

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/07/john-bruening-at-any-given-moment.html

Alexandra Holzer: A Haunted Career

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/07/alexandra-holzer-haunted-career.html

Danielle Palli: Mindfulness and Meditation

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/06/danielle-palli-mindfulness-and.html

H. David Blalock: My Hand Is in Everything

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/06/h-david-blalock-my-hand-is-in-everything.html

Jim Beard: Why Can’t It Just Happen by Osmosis or Something?

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/06/jim-beard-why-cant-it-just-happen-by.html

James Palmer -- A Man at Loose Ends Gone To Writing

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/06/james-palmer-man-at-loose-ends-gone-to.html

John L. Taylor: All Art Is Science

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/06/john-l-taylor-all-art-is-science.html

Harding McFadden: All My Songs Are Protest Songs

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/06/harding-mcfadden-all-my-songs-are.html

Getting to Know... Austin S. Camacho

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/06/getting-to-know-austin-s-camacho.html

Teel James Glenn and the Wonderful Balderdash

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/05/teel-james-glenn-and-wonderful.html

Robert Krog -- Why Shouldn't I Write Them Too?

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/05/robert-krog-why-shouldnt-i-write-them.html

Justin Gray: Wider Nets, Mixed Bags, and Creative Freedom

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/05/justin-gray-wider-nets-mixed-bags-and.html

John French -- The Replication of Results

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/05/john-french-replication-of-results.html

Ron Fortier -- Of Course It's an Art

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/05/ron-fortier-of-course-its-art.html

TammyJo Eckhart -- I Call Them My Muses

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/05/tammyjo-eckhart-i-call-them-my-muses.html

John Leister and the Resilience of the Human Spirit

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/04/john-leister-and-resilience-of-human.html

Daniel Emery Taylor: It's the ADHD

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/04/daniel-emery-taylor-its-adhd.html

The Mysterious Worlds of Mark Allen Vann

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-mysterious-worlds-of-mark-allen-vann.html

Tamara Lowry and the Waves of Darkness

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/04/tamara-lowery-and-waves-of-darkness.html

Mike Bullock: Writing the Thousand Words

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/03/mike-bullock-writing-thousand-words-and.html

Nikki Nelson-Hicks Feathers Her Crown

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/03/nikki-nelson-hicks-feathers-her-crown.html

Bobby Nash's Summer of Snow

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/02/bobby-nashs-summer-of-snow.html

Meet Bill Craig

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/02/meet-bill-craig.html

Nicholas Stanosheck's War of the Dragons

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/02/nik-stanoshecks-war-of-dragons.html

Gordon Dymowski: AKA The Writer of AKA The Sinner
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/02/gordon-dymowski-aka-writer-of-aka-sinner.html

Stephanie Osborn, "The Interstellar Woman of Mystery"
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/01/stephanie-osborn-interstellar-woman-of.html

Barbara Doran and Her Immortals of Wuxia
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/01/barbara-doran-and-her-immortals-of-wuxia.html

Scott McCullar and His Thrill-Seeking Men of Mystery
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/09/scott-mccullar-and-his-thrill-seeking.html

The Wayback Machine: The Pulse Interview with Stefan Petrucha
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-wayback-machine-pulse-interview.html

Armand Rosamilia: The Fear of Pants Keeps Him Working
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/05/armand-rosamilia-fear-of-pants-keeps.html

Gordon Dymowski -- Don't Kill HIS Darlings!
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/05/gordon-dymowski.html

Getting to the Point with Dave Creek
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/04/getting-to-point-with-dave-creek.html

Exploring My First Novel -- Meet Stephen Ramsay!
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/04/exploring-my-first-novel-meet-stephen.html

John C. Brueing's Pretty Ambitious Target
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/03/john-c-bruenings-pretty-ambitious-target.html

Meet TammyJo Eckhart!
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/03/hey-folks.html

C.E. Martin and His Stone Soldiers
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/03/ce-martin-and-his-stone-soldiers.html

What Drew Demands: A Q&A with Drew Geraci
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/09/what-drew-demands-q-with-drew-geraci.html

I'd Like You To Meet... Annie Douglass Lima
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/04/id-like-you-to-meet-annie-douglass-lima_19.html

Chuck Dixon Doesn't Need Your Permission To Write
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/03/chuck-dixon-doesnt-need-your-permission.html

Darin Kennedy -- Mixing Magical Realism and Classical Music
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/03/darin-kennedy-mixing-magical-realism.html

Tammi A. Miller -- Writing from Wordsworth's Overflow
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/03/tammi-miller-writing-from-wordsworths.html

Elizabeth Donald's Missives from Schnectady
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/04/elizabeth-donalds-missives-from.html

Dropping Science on Yo' Fiction -- A Talk with Stephanie Osborn
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/04/dropping-science-on-yo-fiction-talk.html

Anna Grace Carpenter's Loss and Love
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/04/anna-grace-carpenters-loss-and-love.html

Stephanie Osborn: Hitting the Ideas (Back)
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/03/stephanie-osborn-hitting-ideas-back.html

Bobby Nash: Coming Out the Other Side Stronger
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/03/bobby-nash-coming-out-other-side.html

Grinding the Gears with Rebekah McAuliffe
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/03/grinding-gears-with-rebekah-mcauliffe.html

Getting Carried Away with (and by) Ray Dean
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/03/getting-carried-away-with-and-by-ray.html

Walter Bosley: Livin' the Pulp Life
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/03/walter-bosley-q.html

Percival Constantine: A Lot of Art Goes In
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/02/percival-constantine-lot-of-art-goes-in.html

A Means to Tell a Story -- The Rocky Perry Q&A
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/03/walter-bosley-q.html

Gary Phillips -- The Pulpster Soul of Angeltown
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/02/gary-phillips-pulpster-soul-of-angeltown.html

A POV Workshop with Stephanie Osborn
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/02/a-pov-workshop-with-stephanie-osborn.html

Nicole Givens Kurtz' Curse and Cure
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/01/nicole-givens-kurtz-curse-and-cure.html

Jeremy Hicks -- I Guess We Found Out
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/12/jeremy-hicks-i-guess-we-found-out.html

Iscah -- "I don't regret failing."
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/11/iscah-i-dont-regret-failing.html

Dark Oak's Allan Gilbreath on Writing for Art and Money
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/10/dark-oaks-allan-gilbreath-on-writing.html

Nicole Nelson-Hicks and Her Boys in the Back Room
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/10/nicole-nelson-hicks-and-her-boys-in.html

Sharing the Sickness: A Few Words with Peter Welmerink
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/10/sharing-sickness-few-words-with-peter.html

Tony Acree: Connecting with "The Speaker" Himself
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/09/tony-acree-connecting-with-speaker.html

A Rose Among the Pages: Rose Streif
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-rose-among-pages.html

Talking Byzantium with I.A. Watson
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/07/talking-byzantium-with-ia-watson.html

Talking Westerns with Beau Smith
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/07/talking-westerns-with-beau-smith.html

John Durden: Throwing Words in Glass Castles
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/07/john-durden-throwing-words-in-glass.html

The Olympian Heights of Amy Strickland
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-olympian-heights-of-amy-strickland.html

Getting to Know... Ulysses King (and Mark Beauli
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/06/getting-to-know-ulysses-king-and-mark.html

John McGuire -- Following the Dark with John McGuire
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/06/john-mcguire-following-dark-with-john.html

David Wright -- Maybe His Brother's Keeper After All
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/05/david-white-maybe-his-brothers-keeper.html

Revisting Comic Book Arc Length -- Shane Berryhill
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/05/this-man-likes-michael-bay-josh-mason.html

This Man Likes Michael Bay -- The Josh Mason Story
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/05/this-man-likes-michael-bay-josh-mason.html

Imaginative Faith: The Works of H. David Blalock
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/04/imaginative-faith-works-of-h-david.html

Logan Masterson: "Springing" into New Ventures
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/04/logan-masterson-springing-into-new.html

L. Andrew Cooper: The Extreme Side of Horror
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/04/l-andrew-cooper-extreme-side-of-horror.html

Jeremy Hicks: Cycling the Ages But Not Grinding it Out
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/04/jeremy-hicks-cycling-ages-but-not.html

Shane Berryhill and the Outlaws
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/03/shane-berryhill-and-outlaws.html

Aaron Smith -- Man of Midnight, Death, and Galaxies
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2013/07/aaron-smith-man-of-midnight-death-and.html

Meet Cam Crowder, the Runty Little Ginger
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2013/05/meet-cam-crowder-runty-little-ginger.html

The Wizard Finds His Path: An Interview with Richard Lee Byers
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-wizard-finds-his-path-interview.html

Mark Bousquet: The Dreamer of Kraken Moor
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2013/04/mark-bousquet-dreamer-of-kraken-moor.html

Heretical in Hindsight, The Work of Andrew Toy
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2013/03/heretical-in-hindsight-work-of-andrew.html

Meet K.S. Daniels
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2013/03/meet-ks-daniels.html

Getting To Know... Pamela Turner
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/08/getting-to-know-pamela-turner.html

Hunting Fate: Getting to Know Rachel Hunter
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/08/hunting-fate-getting-to-know-rachel.html

Scott Mallory and the Cupcake Monster
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/07/scott-mallory-and-cupcake-monster.html

Steven Cumming: "Cute that Kicks Butt"
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/07/steven-cumming-cute-that-kicks-butt.html

The Powerful Press of Lance Stahlberg
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/06/powerful-press-of-lance-stahlberg.html

The Queen of Blüd: The Devin Grayson Interview
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/05/queen-of-blud-devin-grayson-interview.html

Open the Storm Gates: Don Gates Talks Challenger Storm
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/05/open-storm-gates-don-gates-talks.html

Michael D'Ambrosio -- Fractured but Never Broken
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/04/michael-dambrosio-fractured-but-never.html

David Boop: Blinding Us with Brilliance
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/04/david-boop-blinding-us-with-brilliance.html

Exploring the Darkness with James A. Moore
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/04/exploring-darkness-with-james-moore.html

Oh the Horror... of Robert Freese
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/01/oh-horror-of-robert-freese.html

Getting to know the man behind the man in (no) tights -- Ian Watson
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2011/12/getting-to-know-man-behind-man-in-no.html

Digging Up the Deadly With Bobby Nash
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/01/digging-up-deadly-with-bobby-nash.html

It's a Bird. It's a Plane. It's Van Allen Plexico!
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/02/its-bird-its-plane-its-van-allen.html

Cowboys, and Pirates, and Cannibals, Oh Ed Erdelac!
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/02/cowboys-and-pirates-and-cannibals-oh-ed.html

Getting to know the Air Chief... Ron Fortier!
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/getting-to-know-air-chief-ron-fortier.html

Prose and Bullets with Tommy Hancock!
seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/prose-and-bullets-with-tommy-hancock.html

Monsters and Bullets: Getting to Know Perry Constantine
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/monsters-and-bullets-getting-to-know.html

Houston, We Don't Have a Problem -- Catching Up with Lee Houston Jr.
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/houston-we-dont-have-problem-catching.html

Wheelin' and Dillon with Derrick Ferguson
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/wheelin-and-dillon-with-derrick.html

The Weird Tale of Michael Vance
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/weird-tale-of-michael-vance.html

Shelagh Watkins' Writing Machine
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/shelagh-watkins-writing-machine.html

Murder on Her Mind -- The World of Krystal Rollins
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/murder-on-her-mind-world-of-krystal.html

Reese's Pieces... The Fictional World of Barry Reese
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/reeses-pieces-fictional-world-of-barry.html

D. A. Adams and the (Lot More Than Seven) Dwarves
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/d-adams-and-lot-more-than-seven-dwarves.html

Visionary, Editor, Writer, Storyteller -- Allan Gilbreath
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/visionary-editor-writer-storyteller.html

Chuck Dixon: The Best Damn Comic Book Writer Ever
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/chuck-dixon-best-damn-comic-book-writer.html

Artfully Rendered -- Mike Henderson
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/artfully-rendered-mike-henderson.html

Nancy Hansen's Way
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/nancy-hansens-way.html

Alan Lewis' Bloody Garden
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/04/alan-lewis-bloody-garden.html

A Punch and a Jab with Paul Bishop
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/04/punch-and-jab-with-paul-bishop.html

Ed Crandell's Wild, Weird West
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/04/ed-crandells-wild-weird-west.html

To the Point -- A Quick Chat with William D. Prystauk
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/04/to-point-quick-chat-with-william-d.html

Chuck Miller's One Hundred Legs of Death
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/04/chuck-millers-one-hundred-legs-of-death.html

James R. Tuck -- The Man Behind the Deacon
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/04/james-r-tuck-man-behind-deacon.html

James Palmer and the Love for the Stories
seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/04/james-palmer-and-love-for-stories.html

Tutorials:

Visceral Writing + Nostalgia = Effective Writing Every Time

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/11/visceral-writing-nostalgia-effective.html

Envy and Imitation

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/10/envy-and-imitation.html

Help! I'm Stumped and I Don't Know What To Write!

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/04/help-im-stumped-and-i-dont-know-what-to.html

15 Action/Adventure Tropes That Need To Die a Painful Death

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/04/15-actionadventure-tropes-that-need-to.html

This Week's Theme Is, Well, Theme

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/04/this-weeks-theme-is-well-theme.html

Bono and Flannery: Harder to Believe Than Go Crazy Tonight

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/01/bono-and-flannery-harder-to-believe.html

Do, Do, Do, Da, Da, Da: The Day The Police Taught Me About Character Dialog

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/11/do-do-do-da-da-da-day-police-taught-me.html

I Made ChaptGPT Write This Article (Part 1) 

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/06/i-made-chaptgpt-write-this-article-part.html

Coming soon!

I Made ChaptGPT Write This Article (Part 2) 

Coming soon!

The Centre Is Not Central -- Normal Heroes Among Dragons

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-centre-is-not-central-normal-heroes.html

The Description Toolbox: 3 Tools Every Writer Needs

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-description-toolbox-3-tools-every.html

Close to the Vest—Embracing the Mystery in Your Fiction

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/04/close-to-vestembracing-mystery-in-your.html

O' Captain, My Captain: Taming the Writers' Group Monsters

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/02/o-captain-my-captain-taming-writers.html

It’s the End of the Literary World As We Know It (But Don’t Be Afraid—It’s a Good Thing)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/02/its-end-of-literary-world-as-we-know-it.html

The ABC (Plots) of Ongoing Storytelling

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-abc-plots-of-ongoing-storytelling.html

Political Correctness and New Pulp Fiction
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/04/political-correctness-and-new-pulp.html

Reading Short Stories for Beginners -- A Primer and List of Required Collections
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/04/reading-short-stories-for-beginners.html

Literary Pulp—Why It Makes Sense and How To Write It
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/03/literary-pulpwhy-it-makes-sense-and-how.html

Using Cover Mock-Ups... Why Waste the Time?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/08/using-cover-mock-ups-why-waste-time.html

Writing the Scary -- 7 Tips for Creating Horror and Dread with Words
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/08/writing-scary-7-tips-for-creating.html

Not Your Stepping Stone -- Short Stories Are a Destination, Not a Starting Block
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/06/not-your-stepping-stone-short-stories.html

Why Diversity? It's Just Fiction. What's the Big Deal?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/04/why-diversity-its-just-fiction-whats.html

Visceral, Visceral, Visceral (to the tune of Marcia, Marcia, Marcia)

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/04/visceral-visceral-visceral-to-tune-of.html

10 Methods for Crafting Better Story Openings

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/03/10-methods-for-crafting-better-story.html

As Close to Perfect as Possible: 5 Tips for Becoming More Effective Self-Editors

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/02/as-close-to-perfect-as-possible-5-tips.html

Writing Redemptive Stories

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/01/writing-redemptive-stories.html

Basic Webpage Design for Authors

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2014/12/basic-webpage-design-for-writers.html

The Cover Story -- Pulps Should Shock and Grab You!

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2011/12/cover-story-pulps-should-shock-you.html

Show Me the Scary
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-writer-will-take-your-questions-now_11.html

The Twitter Writing Tips Sessions

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2011/12/twitter-writing-tips-sessions.html

Writing Anthology Shorts

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2011/12/writer-will-take-your-questions-now-26.html

Reading IS Fundamental

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2011/12/writer-will-take-your-questions-now-30.html

Believable Dialog

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2011/12/writer-will-take-your-questions-now-31.html

Writing Super-Heroes as Human Beings

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2011/12/writer-will-take-your-questions-now-32.html

Plotting by Questions

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/01/writer-will-take-your-questions-now-39.html

Two Spectrums of Writers

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2011/11/two-spectrums-of-writers.html

What Is New Pulp?

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-is-new-pulp.html

Back Story

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2011/12/writer-will-take-your-questions-now-15.html

Essays:

The Sweaty-Toothed Madman: Reading Is Becoming; Writing Is Telling Who We Are

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-sweaty-toothed-madman-reading-is.html

Sharing Information Online Responsibly (i.e., Don't Be a Douche)
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/09/sharing-information-online-responsibly.html

35 Books (Almost) Everybody Should Read 

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/07/35-books-almost-everybody-should-read.html

The Cover Story: Crime Fiction Now and Then and Now Again

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-cover-story-crime-fiction-now-and.html

Best Horror Anime To Creep You Out (Or Horror-Adjacent To Entertain You Through Your Halloween Hijinks)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/10/best-horror-anime-to-creep-you-out-or.html

UPDATED! Horror Movies That Influenced Me as a Writer

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/10/updated-for-halloween-2024-horror.html

Wrote Rage

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/05/wrote-rage.html

Hard to Market, But It's Okay

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/06/hard-to-market-but-its-okay.html

Top Ten Vertigo Series Most Ripe for TV or Movie Treatment

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/04/top-ten-vertigo-series-most-ripe-for-tv.html

Paying Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain, or Ruining the Magic Trick for All the Right Reasons

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/10/paying-attention-to-man-behind-curtain.html

Sean Taylor Destroys the Pulp Heroes!

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/08/sean-taylor-destroys-pulp-heroes.html

Geek Culture: Leading the Way AND Pulling Us Back?!

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/09/geek-culture-leading-way-and-pulling-us.html

Sean Taylor Destroys the Teen Titans -- Booster's Titans!

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/07/sean-taylor-destroys-teen-titans.html

Horror Movies That Influence Me As a Writer

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/07/horror-movies-that-influence-me-as.html

10 Comic Books by Women You Really, Really Need to Read!

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/07/10-comic-books-by-women-you-really.html

Remembering Derrick Ferguson (In His Own Words)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/04/remembering-derrick-ferguson-in-his-own.html

Derrick Ferguson -- An Ongoing Collection of Tributes

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/04/derrick-ferguson-ongoing-collection-of.html

My Diversity Soapbox (Or Don't You Throw That "Woke" Shade at Me)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/04/my-diversity-soapbox-or-dont-you-throw.html

15 Amazing Games That Tell (and Play) an Equally Amazing Story!

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/01/15-amazing-games-that-tell-and-play.html

Twenty Authors Who Have Influenced Me as a Writer and Reader

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/02/twenty-authors-who-have-influenced-me.html

Not Fitting in at the Bookstore -- And What It Taught Me About Who I Am as a Writer
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/06/not-fitting-in-at-bookstore-and-what-it.html

Comics Don't Suck. We Suck.
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/05/comics-dont-suck-we-suck.html

Reading Short Stories for Beginners -- A Primer and List of Required Collections
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/04/reading-short-stories-for-beginners.html

My Top 50 Graphic Novels (or Graphic Novel-like Trade Paperback Collections) -- Updated and Expanded
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/04/my-top-50-graphic-novels-or-graphic.html

My Open Letter to the Market
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/02/my-open-letter-to-market.html

Content Is Crap, Not King, and We Prove It with Every Click by Sean Taylor

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/01/content-is-crap-not-king-and-we-prove.html 

I Want to Be a Time Machine by Sean Taylor

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/01/i-want-to-be-time-machine.html

Who Better Than Bob Dylan? by Sean Taylor

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/01/who-better-than-bob-dylan.html

Sean Taylor Shares the Skinny on THE NEW DEAL: MASKS AND MUTATIONS!
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/10/sean-taylor-shares-skinny-on-new-deal.html

The Cover Story (Part 2) -- The Woman's Rise to Pulp Power by Sean Taylor

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-cover-story-part-2-womans-rise-to.html

The Cover Story (Part 1) -- Pulps, Women, Sexism, and Power

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-cover-story-part-1-pulps-women.html

Remembering Ray Bradbury

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/06/remembering-ray.html

Vixens Make the Pulp Go ‘Round
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/12/vixens-make-pulp-go-round.html

The 30 Best Graphic Novels Ever (series)

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/search/label/Top%20Graphic%20Novels

Femme Fatales—An Obsession Dissected

http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2011/12/femme-fatalesan-obsession-dissected.html

Movie Reviews for Writers

Antebellum

Coming soon!

Movie Reviews for Writers: Mike Hammer's Mickey Spillane
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/03/movie-reviews-for-writers-mike-hammers.html

Fantastic Britain

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/03/movie-reviews-for-writers-fantastic.html

The Black Press -- Soldiers Without Swords 

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2024/01/movie-reviews-for-writers-black-press.html

Flannery

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/11/movie-reviews-for-writers-flannery.html

Shirley

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/11/movie-reviews-for-writers-shirley.html

Conjuring Spirit

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/11/movie-reviews-for-writers-conjuring.html

I Spit on Your Grave

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/10/movie-reviews-for-writers-i-spit-on.html

1408

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/10/reviews-for-writers-1408.html

Into the Mouth of Madness

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/10/movie-reviews-for-writers-in-mouth-of.html

Amuck!

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/09/movie-reviews-for-writers-amuck.html

Allegoria

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/05/movie-reviews-for-writers-allegoria.html

You Are My Vampire

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/05/movie-reviews-for-writers-you-are-my.html

The House Across the Lake

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/05/movie-reviews-for-writers-house-across.html

Halflife

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/08/movie-reviews-for-writers-half-life.html

The Medusa Touch

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/07/movie-reviews-for-writers-medusa-touch.html

Velvet

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/07/movie-reviews-for-writers-velvet.html

Horrors of the Black Museum

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/06/movie-reviews-for-writers-horrors-of.html

Skin Deep

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/06/movie-reviews-for-writers-skin-deep.html

Salem's Lot

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/04/movie-reviews-for-writers-salems-lot.html

Dirty Work

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/03/movie-reviews-for-writers-dirty-work.html

She Makes Comics

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/03/movie-reviews-for-writers-she-makes.html

One Man's Poison

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/03/movie-reviews-for-writers-one-mans.html

Throw Mama from the Train

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/02/movie-reviews-for-writers-throw-momma.html

Writers Retreat

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/02/movie-reviews-for-writers-writers.html

Agatha and the Truth of Murder

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/02/movie-reviews-for-writers-agatha-and.html

Christmas in Connecticutt

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/02/movie-reviews-for-writers-christmas-in.html

Ghost Land

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/11/movie-reviews-for-writers-ghost-land.html

Shortcut to Happiness

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/11/movie-reviews-for-writers-shortcut-to.html

Kiss of the Damned

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/10/movie-reviews-for-writers-kiss-of-damned.html

Ubaldo Terzani Horror Show

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/10/movie-reviews-for-writers-ubaldo.html

Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/10/movie-reviews-for-writers-scary-stories.html

Hush

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/10/movie-reviews-for-writers-hush.html

The Darkness

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/10/movie-reviews-for-writers-darkness.html

Nightbooks

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/10/movie-reviews-for-writers-nightbooks_0919087.html

Tenebrae

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/10/movie-reviews-for-writers-tenebrae.html

The Girl in the Book

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/09/movie-reviews-for-writers-girl-in-book.html

Grace

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/09/movie-reviews-for-writers-grace.html

The Bat

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/09/movie-reviews-for-writers-bat.html

Cold Ones

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/09/movie-reviews-for-writers-cold-ones.html

The Haunted Hotel

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/09/movie-reviews-for-writers-haunted-hotel.html

The Eclipse

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/08/movie-reviews-for-writers-eclipse.html

Secret Window

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/08/movie-reviews-for-writers-secret-window.html

The Shining

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/08/movie-reviews-for-writers-shining.html

Wodehouse in Exile

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/08/movie-reviews-for-writers-wodehouse-in.html

Scare Me

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/07/movie-reviews-for-writers-scare-me.html

The Owl and the Pussycat

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/07/movie-reviews-for-writers-owl-and.html

Valerie on the Stairs

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/07/movie-reviews-for-writers-valerie-on.html

Finding Forrester (part 2)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/07/movie-reviews-for-writers-finding.html

Finding Forrester (part 1)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/06/movie-reviews-for-writers-finding.html

A Fantastic Fear of Everything

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/06/movie-reviews-for-writers-fantastic.html

House

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/06/movie-reviews-for-writers-house.html

Paris When It Sizzles (part 2)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/06/movie-reviews-for-writers-paris-when-it_01832842426.html

Paris When It Sizzles (part 1)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/06/movie-reviews-for-writers-paris-when-it.html

Stories We Tell

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/05/movie-reviews-for-writers-stories-we.html

An American Ghost Story

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/05/movie-reviews-for-writers-american.html

Kill Your Darlings

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/05/movie-reviews-for-writers-kill-your.html

Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/05/movie-reviews-for-writers-your-vice-is.html

Tatami

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/04/movie-reviews-for-writers-tatami.html

The Haunting of M.R. James

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/04/movie-reviews-for-writers-haunting-of.html

Hammett (Guest Review by Derrick Ferguson)

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/04/movie-reviews-for-writers-hammett-guest.html

The Adventures of Anais Nin

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/04/movie-reviews-for-writers-adventures-of.html

Playhouse

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/03/movie-reviews-for-writers-playhouse.html

They Live Inside Us

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/03/movie-reviews-for-writers-they-live.html

Authors Anonymous

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/03/movie-reviews-for-writers-authors.html

Dead Poets Society

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/03/movie-reviews-for-writers-dead-poets.html

Shadowlands

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/02/movie-reviews-for-writers-shadowlands.html

The Nesting

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/02/movie-reviews-for-writers-nesting.html

Howling IV

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/02/movie-reviews-for-writers-howling-iv.html

Peripheral

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/02/movie-reviews-for-writers-peripheral.html

To Your Health, Writer (With Ashly Mixon)

To Your Health, Writer! -- #2 Ergonomic Workspaces
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/05/to-your-health-writer-2-ergonomic.html

To Your Health, Writer! -- #1 The Main Thing
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/05/to-your-health-writer-1-main-thing.html

Tommy Hancock's Ideas Like Bullets

Ideas Like Bullets -- Remembering Logan Masterson
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/04/ideas-like-bullets-remembering-logan.html

Ideas Like Bullets -- The Depression of Creatives
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/03/ideas-like-bullets-depression-of.html

Ideas Like Bullets -- How Well Do You Know Your Coppers?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/03/ideas-like-bullets-how-well-do-you-know.html

Ideas Like Bullets -- From Van Gogh's Ear
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/03/ideas-like-bullets-from-van-goghs-ear.html

Ideas Like Bullets -- Read Your Bible
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/02/ideas-like-bullets-read-your-bible.html

Ideas Like Bullets -- Free Books From Pulp's Historical Characters
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/02/ideas-like-bullets-free-books-from.html

Ideas Like Bullets -- Writers Read (So Read This)
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/02/ideas-like-bullets-writers-read-so-read.html

Ideas Like Bullets: New Pulp Award Nominees Announced
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/02/ideas-like-bullets-new-pulp-award.html

Ideas Like Bullets -- HEY! DON’T CHANGE A THING! IT’S MINE!!!!
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/01/ideas-like-bullets-hey-dont-change.html

Ideas Like Bullets: Old Stories, New Takes, Same Spirit
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/01/ideas-like-bullets-old-stories-new.html

Ideas Like Bullets -- The Perilous Adventures of Anabelle Flagstaff
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/01/ideas-like-bullets-perilous-adventures.html

Ideas Like Bullets -- The Legend Speaketh...
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/01/ideas-like-bullets-legend-speaketh.html

Ideas Like Bullets -- Writing Challenge: "The Perilous Adventures of Anabelle Flagstaff"
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/12/ideas-like-bullets-writing-challenge.html

Ideas Like Bullets -- The Wake Up Call You Didn't Ask For
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/12/ideas-like-bullets-wake-up-call-you.html

Ideas Like Bullets -- Bullets from Another Gun Reviews
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/11/ideas-like-bullets-bullets-from-another.html

Ideas Like Bullets -- I Oughta Be Committed
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/11/ideas-like-bullets-write-what-you-want.html

Ideas Like Bullets -- Close to the Vest and Holstered
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/10/ideas-like-bullets-1-close-to-vest-and.html

The Watson Report with I.A. Watson

The Watson Report: Only the Brave Deserve the Fair – the Arthurian Gulf
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-watson-report-only-brave-deserve.html

The Watson Report: On Barbers
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-watson-report-on-barbers.html

The Watson Report: Arthurian Grammar -- A Primer by I.A. Watson
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/05/arthurian-grammar-primer.html

The Watson Report: Boy Meets Girl by I.A. Watson
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/04/boy-meets-girl.html

The Watson Report: Magic Swords and Their Makers by I.A. Watson
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-watson-report-magic-swords-and.html

The Watson Report: Behind Every Good Man -- Thoughts on Pulp Heroines by I.A. Watson
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2013/06/behind-every-good-man-thoughts-on-pulp.html

The Watson Report: Change and Growth for Characters in Pulp and Comics by I.A. Watson
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/11/change-and-growth-for-characters-in.html

The Watson Report: The First Whodunnit? (Part Two) by I.A. Watson
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-first-whodunnit-part-two.html

The Watson Report: The First Whodunnit? (Part One) by I.A. Watson
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-first-whodunnit.html

The Watson Report: Getting to know Aria, a Princess of Mars
(no relation to that Thoris woman) by I.A. Watson
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/07/getting-to-know-aria-princess-of-mars.html

The Watson Report: The Baffling Story of Spring-Heeled Jack by I.A. Watson
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/07/baffling-story-of-spring-heeled-jack.html

The Watson Report: Starting a Story by I.A. Watson
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/07/ia-watson-on-starting-story.html

The Watson Report: How Bad Guys Die by I.A. Watson
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-bad-guys-die-by-ia-watson.html

The Watson Report: On Heroines by I.A. Watson
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/02/on-heroines.html

Other Articles

Granny Grammarian: The “Self”-Aware Writer 

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2023/12/granny-grammarian-self-aware-writer.html

Gail Simone: Boring -- The Unforgivable Sin

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2022/02/boring-unforgivable-sin.html

Gail Simone: Easy To Get Down on Yourself

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/05/gail-simone-easy-to-get-down-on-yourself.html

Public Domain Characters: A User's Guide -- YOU CAN TRY... BUT SHOULD YOU?

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/04/public-domain-characters-users-guide.html

Public Domain Characters: A User's Guide -- IF YOU LIKE...

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/04/public-domain-characters-users-guide-if.html

Public Domain Characters: A User's Guide -- THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY

https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2021/03/public-domain-characters-users-guide.html

What To Do for Writer's Block by William H. Coles
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2018/05/what-to-do-for-writers-block.html

The Role of Descriptions in a Literary Text by Lucy Adams
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-role-of-descriptions-in-literary.html

Publish, Self-Publish or Perish by C. Hofsetz
https://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2017/02/publish-self-publish-or-perish.html

Hackneyed and Innovative Ideas for Writing Fiction by Lucy Adams
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/12/hackneyed-and-innovative-ideas-for.html

Putting Things in Place: Finding the [right/interesting/perfect] Words for Your Story by Ray Dean
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/03/putting-things-in-place-finding.html

How to Stay Sane While Balancing Writing and Freelancing by Gordon Dymowski
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2016/02/how-to-stay-sane-while-balancing.html

The Do’s and Don’ts of Romance by Ellie Raine
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-dos-and-donts-of-romance.html

Everything I needed to know about being a writer I learned from “A Christmas Story” by Amanda Hard
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/11/everything-i-needed-to-know-about-being.html

First Publishing Experience by Ray Dean
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/09/first-publishing-experience.html

My First Novel by Paul Bishop
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/09/my-first-novel.html

Researching Steampunk — And More by Stephanie Osborn
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/06/researching-steampunk-and-more.html

The Bast Lisa M. Collins Made
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-bast-lisa-m-collins-made.html

Still Swimming Like a Shark ( or "I Wish I'd Known This Before I Started") by Percival Constantine
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/06/still-swimming-like-shark-or-i-wish-id.html

Listening to Your Characters by Selah Janel
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/06/listening-to-your-characters.html

Big Booms vs. Deep Thoughts: The War Between Star Trek Past and Present by Jimmy D. Gillentine
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/05/big-booms-vs-deep-thoughts-war-between.html

On Killing Your (Fictional) Children by Ellie Raine
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2015/04/on-killing-your-fictional-children.html

Plotting in the Context of a Series by Stephen Zimmer
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/06/plotting-in-context-of-series.html

How to Evoke a Feeling of Dread in Writing Horror by JH Glaze
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-evoke-feeling-of-dread-in.html

The Iron Man Cometh?
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-iron-man-cometh.html

The Grandchildren of Pulp (Or, How I Learned That Pulp Never Really Died) -- part 2 by Bill Cunningham
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-grandchildren-of-pulp-or-how-i_28.html

The Grandchildren of Pulp (Or, How I Learned That Pulp Never Really Died) -- part 1 by Bill Cunningham
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-grandchildren-of-pulp-or-how-i.html

There’s No Place Like Home – When Being Likeable Was Enough by Selah Janel
http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/03/theres-no-place-like-home-when-being.html