by Andrew Einspruch | Jan 11, 2025 | Writing
Short Story: August 8, 1974 H. Stuart Knight slipped a stake into the inside pocket of his suit jacket, flung himself from the roof of the White House, and grabbed onto the invisible wall of wards that protected it from Soviet missiles and Otherworld assassins. Inside...
by Andrew Einspruch | Oct 26, 2021 | Writing
One of the steps in my editing process is letting Siri read my manuscript to me. By hearing the text, I catch things that I can no longer see in the words. Normally, the way I do this is to listen to it on my phone. If I find something that needs changing, I’ll...
by Andrew Einspruch | Sep 8, 2021 | Writing
My writing motto is Just Write the Next Sentence. And I’m a write-every-day kind of writer. I track my words, and can tell you how many I wrote on any given day since April 2016. I’ve learned that when it comes to writing, math is your friend. If you write...
by Andrew Einspruch | Mar 9, 2019 | Writing
I’m pleased to share with you the cover for my just-about-to-be-released book The Thorning Ceremony. Drum roll…. Ta da! The Thorning Ceremony is a standalone prequel to The Western Lands and All That Really Matters series, and takes place about three years...
by Andrew Einspruch | Sep 2, 2018 | Books, Writing
Let me tell you a story. Stick with me. I used to teach creative writing classes called Freeing Your Creativity. I taught a lot of them, especially, in the early- to mid-2000s. I’d talk about what makes a story work, a bit about story structure, and we’d...
