-
The Deck of the Numinon by Gregory Scherzinger
With a turn of the cards, a Stone Giant breaks loose from the Granite Mountains, leaving a path of destruction through the Regency of the Stands. The fabled guard towers of Safrasco are destroyed by a sorcerous griffin, the threat of war rising in its wake. Captain Ferriman turns to a blind herb trader named…
-
Graphic Novel Tackles Homelessness, Amazon to Offer E-Books to Libraries, and more…
Why Bookshop.org is not the saviour the book world needs (New Statesman) But Bookshop.org’s arrival has caused great unease in parts of the book trade. After a difficult year for the industry, with many small presses and independent shops at risk of closure due to the pressures of the pandemic, many told me Bookshop.org is…
-
A Co-Writing Journey, Pt. 1: Berneta and Lornett Talk Creative Process
Besides running Waking Writer, I also write novels! I know…a woman who runs a site for writers and also writes. Shocker, right? Well, I recently ventured into co-writing with my spouse, Lornett B. Vestal (founder of Evolving Man Project). Coming to online retailers on January 1, 2021, Eve and the Faders will be the first…
-
Major Publishing Merger, NaNoWriMo, and more!
Star Wars author appeals to Disney in fight over royalties (The Guardian) Foster was approached by George Lucas to write a novelisation of Star Wars: A New Hope, which was published at the end of 1976, shortly before the film was released. Foster alleges that when Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, it bought the rights…
-
Meet Via Won, author of Unbind
When and why did you begin writing? I started writing when I was in third grade, but of course, it was in my native language instead of English. At that time, I really wanted to write my own children’s book with my drawings in it. I’ve always had a very wide imagination, and sometimes, the…
-
Meet Garon Whited, author of the Nightlord series
When and why did you begin writing? I started writing in kindergarten, because I didn’t care to play outside and needed to have adventures. Now I’m old and tired and not at all adventurous—except inside my head. Everything is more interesting inside my head. The rest of me is boring. When did you first consider…
-
Question Culture: Freedom of the Press
As you know, at Waking Writer we don’t focus on writing and literature in a vacuum. In recognition that all writing and art operates within a broader social context. For this reason, we sometimes (albeit infrequently) share opinion pieces. Last month, I shared the first episode of Question Culture, a bi-weekly socio-political podcast started by…
-
Native and Indigenous SciFi, Crime Novels, and more!
Crime novelists dish on writing about cops in a moment of reckoning (Los Angeles Times) Hall and Queally were joined by other L.A.-based crime fiction writers Attica Locke and Ivy Pochoda for a wide-ranging conversation about character voice, avoiding tropes, what they’re reading, the writing process — before and during a pandemic — and more. For Locke, the answer…
-
Rhys N. Rivers, author of Payment
When and why did you begin writing? I began writing aged 11. I think it was in the summer transitioning from primary to secondary school. Being the cool kid I clearly was, I bought from Ottakar’s (since merged into Waterstones) The Wind Singer by William Nicholson. It was a book that a couple of friends from…
Waking Writer
By Berneta L. Haynes
From the Editor
Stay Connected!
Or follow on social media:
Copyright © 2016-2026 Berneta L. Haynes.
Waking Writer 