Journals of a Storyteller
New Year’s Resolutions: Yay or Nay?
Dear reader, 2025 is here and by this time in January many people will have failed their New Year’s Resolutions already. I’ll offer my explanation in a minute but first I’d like to say that I have mixed feelings about them. It’s good to strive and often we do need to push ourselves a little…
My Creative Challenges of 2023: Not Writing Enough and What Can Be Done About It
It’s only a few weeks and 2024 will be over. By comparison to 2023, it feels like I’ve done very little. Last year I was busy with editing and getting the Latvian version of my novel, “Šķautnes”, published and then doing the promo work (in addition to my day job and everything else, of course).…
My Storytelling Mistakes: Avoiding Foreshadowing
I’ve made quite a few mistakes as an author. When I was working on Journals of the Undead, I liked the idea of surprise. Giving my reader a clue, foreshadowing things? Nah, it’s more fun to introduce something new without any warning! I wouldn’t do it again. It works for some authors but I’ve grown…
