To great woopings of glee and rolling choruses of consternation, it’s been announced that a BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER reboot pilot has been ordered. Sarah Michelle Gellar stars, Chloé Zhao directs, and Nora and Lilla Zukerman write. Don’t worry, Dolly Parton is once again involved.
The pilot will be a continuation of our favorite slayer’s story. Well, second favorite.
This morning I woke up to great news: DEADGIRL has been chosen by “The Indie Author Project,” and is available in libraries across Riverside County and the state of California in participating locations. I believe it’s also available further than that, depending upon local participation and programs. You can grab a copy here if you’ve got a Biblioboard account.
Continue readingThis is B.C. Johnson, your Boblin the Goblin-ish author, and today we’re sitting down with H.D. Scott, author of the “Glik’s Fables” series.
Continue readingThis is B.C. Johnson, your ruthlessly editing, red pen-wielding author, and today we’re sitting down with Liz Hurst, author of A LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS and The Wordsmith Guides series, including EDITING YOUR OWN NOVEL.
Continue readingI saw this topic spring up online recently, and it got me thinking: what makes a subplot bad? As a writer, it’s an important question—the fewer bad subplots, the more money we make. The more money we make, the faster we become eccentric weirdos hammering away on a typewriter in our custom-built, cliff-perched, storm-wracked Enya castles.
I mean, the more fulfilling art we can make or whatever.
So, how can we avoid the dreaded D-level B-plot?
Here are a few subplot issues I struggle with, both in what I’m reading/watching and what I’m writing:
Continue readingThis is B.C. Johnson, your locally sourced indie author, and today I’m sitting down to chat with another fellow scribbler.
Let’s begin with this week’s guest, Henry Neilsen, author of SUNWARD SKY.
Continue readingToday is paperback release day for GRAVEDUST! Grab it now, for yourself, a friend, or for a medium-sized paperweight/bug crusher.
That’s right, folks, the Kindle edition of DEADGIRL: DAYBREAK can be pre-ordered on Amazon right now and delivered to your device o’choice on February 20th.
Continue readingHey everyone! If you’ve been following me or my books, you know it’s taken a while for this last novel in the Deadgirl series to hit the streets, as the kids say (the kids do not say this). Turns out a three-year serious family medical journey and a pandemic is a real kick in the nards to creativity.
Anyway! I have good news and hopefully not bad news for those excited to read the final adventure of Lucy Day and Team Deadgirl.
Continue readingSo, the final Deadgirl book is taking a long time to come out, you may have noticed. And believe me, it’s weighing on me pretty near-constantly. But for the tiny group of Constant Readers, I figured you deserved an explanation before I started drifting into George R.R. Martin territory.
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Meet the girl who just won't die . . .
All the world's a stage
On the road again...
We all go a little mad sometimes
This is the end, my friend
B.C. Johnson 