May 9, 2020 | Thoughts, Writing Advice, Writings
Matthew P. Schmidt My Blog Books About FAQs Blog The Taste for Realism I have seen, and admittedly indulged in that fan activity I will call the Fact Checking Game. It goes like this: First, you take some work of fiction, particularly a popular one, and you find some...
May 1, 2020 | Thoughts, Writing Advice, Writings
Matthew P. Schmidt My Blog Books About FAQs Blog Philosophical Diversity in Fiction No, this is not a post about the culture war. Chill. This post is about writing other cultures such that they are believable–not as middle-class Westerners wearing funny hats,...
May 1, 2020 | Thoughts, Writing Advice, Writings
Matthew P. Schmidt My Blog Books About FAQs Blog On Gratuitous Rape This is not a happy-go-lucky post. If this subject matter disturbs you, I suggest reading something else, or perhaps waiting a few days–I plan to blog more frequently in the future. The taste of...
Apr 23, 2020 | Thoughts, Writing Advice, Writings
Matthew P. Schmidt My Blog Books About FAQs Blog How not to write fight scenes like a teenage boy describing his victory in a video game I have seen many authors try, and fail, at doing fight scenes. The typical thought–and I say this having thought it...
Feb 2, 2018 | Progress, Writings
Matthew P. Schmidt My Blog Books About FAQs Blog The City and the Dungeon is ACTUALLY OUT NOW!!!1!!! Apologies for the wait. Here you go. More information on C&D2!!! by smithgift | Aug 1, 2020 | Behind the Scenes, DeclarationsInformation you’ve all been...
Oct 18, 2017 | Progress, Writings
Matthew P. Schmidt My Blog Books About FAQs Blog The City and the Dungeon is on Kindle Scout!1!! How’s this for a progress announcement? Finally, finally, finally, I can reveal what I’ve been working on all this time. A Kindle Scout campaign for The City...
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