Recent content by JamieMaltman

I love history and playing with settings borrowing heavily from human history, but without feeling like I'm putting words into actual historical figures' mouths. I read an interview a couple of years ago with Guy Gavriel Kay, and he said something along those lines, and that confirmed it for me...

My son (who loves the game Smallworld) loved this list.

On Writing was definitely a great spur for me in moving forward in my writing career. I'd always avoided reading King because the cover of Pet Sematary freaked me out as a kid, and It pushed me the rest of the way from merely disliking clowns to actively avoiding them. But after reading On...

First time I've come across her rants, but there's definitely some things to keep in mind.

I have a few plays on the mentor in my series so far. In book one, the main character meets another equal who is further along in getting to know how to use magic, and then she introduces him to her mentor. Then in book two there's another new mentor on one side, and the villain has a sneaky...

Hello everyone! @MythicScribes added me on Twitter, which led me to follow the breadcrumbs back here. Looks like the kind of community I was looking for, so I'm jumping right in. My first book, Brush With Darkness, came out in March, my second is in editing, and my 3rd is partially...