It’s time to help your readers! — I’ve been reading a lot of fiction on Medium recently. A lot. And as I said in a recent list of reading recommendations, I think that the state of fiction on Medium is very healthy (even if it remains much smaller than non-fiction). I’ve also been chatting to a lot…

Fantasy author, and person who is interested in writing… — Bio I’m a creative writer of fantasy, and have been writing novels and web-novels for a number of years. My first series was The Druid Stones Saga, a historical fantasy set in medieval Scotland and based around Celtic myths and legends. Available in all good bookstores, and the first book of…

Authors, come join us! — Did you ever read ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ stories as a kid? I did! They were so much fun. There’s a real pulp-thriller feel to each short instalment/chapter, with each one ending in a set of choices for what the character should do next (or, of course, with ‘The End’). …

Easy access to all of J.F. Danskin’s articles and resources — I’m a creative writer of LitRPG and historical fantasy. My articles are about the craft and process of creative writing, in particular, writing fantasy. It’s easy to lose track of 100+ blog posts… even when you wrote them yourself! I’ve been blogging here on Medium roughly once a day, and…

From good nights to food fights. — Hi there, writers! Time for another list of writing prompts. I share one every Monday, hoping to help a few sparks of inspiration come your way. If you are doing the 💯 Story Challenge, or just want to increase your output of short stories or flash fiction, check out a…

All the challenges! — Hello! Time for another curated list of articles (you can see last week’s list here). Recently, it feels like I’ve mentioned one writing challenge after another. There have been so many cool ideas shared by fellow writers on Medium — and I’ve no doubt only seen a fraction of them! …

JF Danskin’s weekly update, #9 — Check out my weekly update #8 right here. After a July that was dominated by family time and holidays, I was back to the office this week — and also back to writing in a big way. For some reason, I always write more during times that I’m at the…