Tag: Robb Hoff

  • Some Reading Suggestions for the Socially-Isolated

    Some Reading Suggestions for the Socially-Isolated

    I am actually on vacation this week, not just socially-isolated. But I am doing everything to protect myself and others: staying home, washing my hands, wearing gloves when shopping, staying home, staying home, and staying home.  Did I say I’m staying home? No coffee shop? No church? No movies? No getting together with friends? By…

  • Kicking Off the Year With Writing Advice From Authors

    Kicking Off the Year With Writing Advice From Authors

    I’ve interviewed authors for this blog for the past few years. One question I ask is: What advice do you have for aspiring authors? I collected all the answers in this post. Since it’s the beginning of a new day, a new month, a new year, and a new decade, I thought I’d do round…

  • Are Writers in Competition With Each Other?

    Are Writers in Competition With Each Other?

    This is something I’ve been wondering about for a while: are writers, especially indie writers, in competition with each other? It’s easy to see another’s writer’s success and become … jealous? Envious? Maybe, on Facebook, you’ve seen a writer you follow sell their latest manuscript, or maybe, on Twitter, an author celebrates selling another hundred…

  • Author Interview: Robb Hoff

    Author Interview: Robb Hoff

    I met Robb Hoff at the Hydra Publications booth at Imaginarium 2019. He is enthusiastic about storytelling and Halloween seems like a great time to indulge in his horror and fantasy novels. I also caught him at a book signing in my town and it was great to hear the background to how he became…

  • What I took away from Imaginarium 2019

    What I took away from Imaginarium 2019

    Last weekend, I attended Imaginarium 2019. It is a conference for writers, gamers and film makers. Never having attended this type of conference before, I wasn’t sure what to expect. The location of the conference was only 10 minutes away, so I didn’t have to get a hotel; I just went home at the end…