Another week have passed (and a little more than that), and it's time for another round of reading recommendations. This week brings stories from Daily Science Fiction (because I'm a regular reader of their stories) and Escape Pod (because I'm going through a bit of an audiobook/podcast period at the moment). Homegrown Tomatoes by Lara … Continue reading Short Story Recommendations – 2018.07.19
Author: Tobias Backman
Fiction Writing Practice – Quality vs. Quantity
Those of you who have been following the blog for a while will know by now that I'm putting a lot of effort into utilizing deliberate practice to improve my fiction writing skills. For the last couple of month I've been focusing on getting my practice time up, going from practicing on average 1.5 hours … Continue reading Fiction Writing Practice – Quality vs. Quantity
Short Story Recommendations – 2018.07.09
It's time for my second round of short story recommendations. This last week or so it seems I've been reading a lot of Daily Science Fiction (DSF), or at least that's where I've found the best stories. This isn't really a surprise though as DSF is one of my absolute favorite short story magazines. They … Continue reading Short Story Recommendations – 2018.07.09
Short Story Recommendations – 2018.07.02
This is the first post in my series of short story reviews/recommendations. Below, you'll find a list of short stories I've read lately and a brief description of each. Let me know what you thought of the stories in the comment section or if you have any short stories or magazines you can recommend yourself. … Continue reading Short Story Recommendations – 2018.07.02
Training Stats – June
It seems I've gotten the hang on the quantitative bit of my practice. June proved my best month yet with more than 102 hours of fiction writing practice. I spent more than 69.5 hours reading, more than an hour visualizing stories, and just about 32 hours spent on doing writing exercises or writing stories. However, … Continue reading Training Stats – June
New Series of Blog Posts – Short Story Reviews
Those of you who have dropped by recently may have noticed my absence. Some of this is due to me being busy at work and having been on holiday where I didn't have internet. More importantly, though, it's because I simply didn't know what to write about. It's no secret that I run this blog … Continue reading New Series of Blog Posts – Short Story Reviews
Reading List – The Half-year Staus
I've set the goal for myself that I wanted to read 80 books this year. Below you can see how that's been going so far and what I think of the ones I've read. Deadpool – The Complete Collection by Daniel Way: I actually liked the humor of the Deadpool movie and a friend off … Continue reading Reading List – The Half-year Staus
Practice Stats – May
So the stats from May are in, and it turned out to be my best month yet as seen on the graph below. I managed an average of 3.09 hours of practice a day, barely beating the 3.02 hours from March. It came about with just above 5.5 hours of writing exercises, 16.8 hours of … Continue reading Practice Stats – May
Passion Is Just a Myth
Why I Won’t Buy Books on Amazon
The sad truth about Amazon. Not to mention that they treat their employees worse than Willy Wonka and Ryanair combined.
Toby Backman 