B.M. Thompson's Blog

This is the eleventh post in my ABCs of Writing series: Post K Ever since I published my book, I’ve been wanting to write a post about my experience with self-publishing. I also wanted to add another installation to my ABCs series. So, after browsing through far too many lists of “words that start with k” (which […]

I never thought this day would come, but it finally has. I am officially a published author, and you can now buy my book, Legend of the Stone. Right now. (Yes, right now!) So you need a little convincing? Here’s the pitch: A thousand years ago, the Ruination turned Eleytia to stone. The sky burned […]

I thought about posting this without saying anything about the fact that the last blog I wrote was nearly two years ago. I don’t have a reason for that gap, other than that I’ve had a lot of other things going on, and, more, that I just didn’t feel like I had anything interesting to […]

This is the ninth post in my ABCs of Writing series: Post I I’m a fantasy writer, but before I was a writer, I was always a reader. I guzzled down fantasy and sci fi novels like a kid who has been introduced to pop for the first time. I can’t begin to tally up the hours […]

Hi there, do you all still exist? I promise that I still do even though it’s been almost nine months since my last post. Life just kind of gets away from you sometimes, doesn’t it? It’s been a particularly long and winding nine months for me, filled with changes in family, career, and friends, and […]

This post discusses the writing tools I use/have used. I'm not referring to language tools like figurative language, allusions, or foreshadowing, but literal tools, both the software and the physical. I think it's fascinating to hear how people actually go about writing. Maybe you will too!

A client contracted with me to write a walking tour for tourists visiting Seattle. The tour introduces visitors to different iconic locations around Seattle in the guise of a "quest," a creative, fictional story that accompanies the real-world facts.

This post has not been easy for me to write. Failure and the fear of failure have been constant companions (rather, boogiemen) for me throughout my writing journey, and I was afraid (I recognize the irony), that I wouldn't have anything useful to add to this topic. I don't know the magic words that will make those fears go away. I don't have a secret recipe for landing an agent and becoming a bestseller. However, I do have this small suggestion: Maybe, just maybe, you're focusing on the wrong numbers.

This is the fifth post in my ABCs of Writing series: Post E Happy December, everyone! Now that NaNoWriMo 2020 is over, I’m back to my regular blog posts. The format of this post is a bit different compared to my other ones, which contain a short list of writing tips and tricks. This post does have […]

Some mid-point NaNoWriMo 2020 encouragement