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B&N Week 186: Do You Fail, or Do You Learn?

| July 16, 2014
B&N Week 186: Do You Fail, or Do You Learn?

It’s another Tuesday! Know what that means, dontcha? Time for this week’s Bolts & Nuts question! This week’s question: do you fail, or do you learn? Related Posts:TPG Week 281: The End Of An EraTPG Week 279: Choose Your Own LoD!TPG: The EndTPG Week 275: More Notes Than ScriptTPG Week 273: Missed Opportunities On Georwell

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B&N Week 185: Why Do We Create Superhero Stories?

| July 8, 2014
B&N Week 185: Why Do We Create Superhero Stories?

  We’ve got another Tuesday upon us, so it’s time for another Bolts & Nuts question! Related Posts:A “Super” KickstarterReview: Secrets & Shadows #1Review: Rapid City #1Review: Fat-Man and Ribbon #1Review: Spandex

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B&N Week 184: Are You A Good Storyteller?

| July 1, 2014
B&N Week 184: Are You A Good Storyteller?

  It’s another Tuesday! Guess it’s time for another Bolts & Nuts question! Related Posts:TPG Week 281: The End Of An EraTPG Week 279: Choose Your Own LoD!TPG: The EndTPG Week 275: More Notes Than ScriptTPG Week 273: Missed Opportunities On Georwell

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B&N Week 183: Does Your Worldview Make Your Characters Preachy?

| June 24, 2014
B&N Week 183: Does Your Worldview Make Your Characters Preachy?

It’s another Tuesday! Guess that means it’s time for another Bolts & Nuts question! This week’s question is about your worldview: does your worldview make your characters preachy? Related Posts:TPG Week 281: The End Of An EraTPG Week 279: Choose Your Own LoD!TPG: The EndTPG Week 275: More Notes Than ScriptTPG Week 273: Missed Opportunities […]

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B&N Week 182: Ghosting Panels

| June 17, 2014
B&N Week 182: Ghosting Panels

Welcome to another Tuesday. I’m interrupting the flow of asking questions this week with a column that I thought I had posted, but obviously haven’t. This week was going to be all about checking in to see what you’ve done over the past six months, to see if you’ve stuck to the path you laid […]

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B&N Week 181: How Much Research Should You Do On A Topic?

| June 10, 2014
B&N Week 181: How Much Research Should You Do On A Topic?

Welcome to another Tuesday! That means it’s time for me to ask a question, in the Bolts & Nuts tradition! How much research should you do on a topic? Related Posts:TPG Week 281: The End Of An EraTPG Week 279: Choose Your Own LoD!TPG: The EndTPG Week 273: Missed Opportunities On GeorwellTPG Week 268: It’s […]

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B&N Week 180: Are You A Misunderstood Creator?

| June 4, 2014
B&N Week 180: Are You A Misunderstood Creator?

It’s another Tuesday, another Bolts & Nuts, another question! Are you a misunderstood creator? Related Posts:TPG Week 281: The End Of An EraTPG Week 279: Choose Your Own LoD!TPG: The EndTPG Week 273: Missed Opportunities On GeorwellTPG Week 268: It’s A Race!

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B&N Week 179: Mix ‘n Match–Which Genres Can Be Mixed To Best Effect?

| May 27, 2014
B&N Week 179: Mix ‘n Match–Which Genres Can Be Mixed To Best Effect?

We’ve got another Tuesday upon us, so that means we’ve got another installment of Bolts & Nuts! This week, we discuss mixing and matching: which genre’s can be mixed to best effect? Related Posts:TPG Week 214: Poncing AroundTPG Week 170: Comedy Needs To Be Paced (And Funny)Review: Rat Queens #1Review: Ghosted #1Points of Impact – […]

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B&N Week 178: Critique or Personal Attack–What Is The Difference?

| May 21, 2014
B&N Week 178: Critique or Personal Attack–What Is The Difference?

We’ve got yet another Tuesday upon us! Know what that means? Time for more Bolts & Nuts! This week’s question is: Critique or Personal Attacks—What’s the Difference? Related Posts:TPG Week 279: Choose Your Own LoD!TPG: The EndTPG Week 273: Missed Opportunities On GeorwellTPG Week 268: It’s A Race!TPG Week 267: Gumption, But No Story

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B&N Week 177: Peers–Who Are Yours?

| May 13, 2014
B&N Week 177: Peers–Who Are Yours?

It’s another bright and shiny Tuesday! I’m loving it! That’s all the introduction for today. Let’s just jump into this week’s B&N question, shall we? Related Posts:TPG Week 279: Choose Your Own LoD!TPG: The EndTPG Week 273: Missed Opportunities On GeorwellTPG Week 268: It’s A Race!TPG Week 267: Gumption, But No Story

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B&N Week 176: Are You Doing Your Part For Comics?

| May 7, 2014
B&N Week 176: Are You Doing Your Part For Comics?

It’s another Tuesday! We’ve actually got a cooling trend here in Tucson, and I’m happy for it. It’s going to get in the triple digits soon enough. Let the cooler weather prevail for a while. Anyway, let’s get into some Bolts & Nuts! This week’s question holds up a mirror: are you doing your part […]

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B&N Week 175: Do You Really Want To Be In The Public Eye?

| April 29, 2014
B&N Week 175: Do You Really Want To Be In The Public Eye?

We’ve got another spectacular Tuesday! I won’t bore you with talk about sunshine—there’s a lot of it here in Tucson. You can literally count the number of times its overcast all day here, or how often the daytime temperature dips below 65. I love this place. Anyway, this week’s question is, like all of them, […]

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