Chuck Wendig is a novelist, screenwriter, and game designer. This is his blog. He talks a lot about writing. And food. And the madness of toddlers. He uses lots of naughty language. NSFW. Probably NSFL. Be advised.

I’m muddling my way through a post on the power of word-of-mouth and as a writer of the hybrid variety (I get great gas mileage), I wonder: What gets you to read a book? We worry so much about marketing and promotion, about guest blog posts and book trailers and interviews and signings and readings and Q&As and panel talks and nude fireman calendars and beard-wrestling competitions and cupcake bake-offs — further, so much it is is expected, it is assumed that these things are What We Do and it’s maybe... Read The Rest →

Last week’s challenge: “Five Random Sentences“ Below is a list of 20 subgenres. I want you to roll a d20 twice — or click a random number generator twice between 1 and 20 — and that will give you two subgenres. (Sure, you can choose them instead, but that means YOU HATE FUN.) Smash those two subgenres into one story. Write that story. Around 1000 words. Post at your online space. Link back here through the comments. Due by next Friday, May 17th, at noon EST. Here’s the list of... Read The Rest →

I believe the book is called (translated): THRUSHES: THE GIFT And if you want to see the Polish cover for MOCKINGBIRD: Or should I say, THRUSHES, BOOK #2: DEATH MESSENGER? Here are photos from the book launch — I don’t know exactly what’s happening in these photos. But people are dressed up in Reaper cloaks. And some dude is falling over into a stack of books (is he faking death?). But it’s awesome. Now I aspire to have a book launch like this here! Anyway! Kinda cool. Thought I’d share.... Read The Rest →

J.D. Rhoades is no stranger to terribleminds, so I hope you’ll welcome him back so he can talk about his new book, Broken Shield. Ten questions, ten answers: TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF: WHO THE HELL ARE YOU? Damned if I know, man. Some days I have trouble even remembering which name to use. I write thrillers as J.D. Rhoades and science fiction and fantasy under the name of J.D. Nixx. I practice law in a small town in North Carolina as Jerry Rhoades. Under the name of Dusty Rhoades,  I write... Read The Rest →

I read and adored The Monstrumologist, so when given a chance to interview Rick Yancey about his newest book, The 5th Wave,  I was geeked. For the record? The book is awesome. You want it. It is, I think, one of my favorite depictions of an alien invasion ever — it’s brutal stuff. Anyway, here’s Rick to answer the Terribleminds Ten. TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF: WHO THE HELL ARE YOU? I was ripped from my mother’s arms when I was 72 hours old and spent the next eighteen years under the care... Read The Rest →