The Language of Empathy, Love, and Truth
I have studied languages for decades, and while not fluent in more than my own, I have learned enough to grok the subtle differences most simple dictionaries ignore.
Apr 14, 2024
I have studied languages for decades, and while not fluent in more than my own, I have learned enough to grok the subtle differences most simple dictionaries ignore.
Apr 03, 2024
Not all human are alike in how they experience the sense, either in intensity or complexity.
Apr 02, 2024
My advice to writers accepting critiques is to insist on logical ones.
Apr 02, 2024
May is not done growing. She achieves some things but so much is left undone. I won't blog any spoilers. Let's just say that Book 1 doesn't end with her life being perfect.
Mar 23, 2024
Thank you!
Feb 29, 2024
Come see me!
Feb 21, 2024
The most important topics writers need to understand are the relationships people have with each other.
Dec 12, 2023
My story "Agents Provocateur" is included in The Reinvented Detective from CAEZIK SF & Fantasy (via ARC Manor), edited by the award-winning team of Cat Rambo and Jennifer Brozek.
Nov 05, 2023
Lazarus Black on Writers of the Future Podcast
Hosted by John Goodwin, President of Galaxy Press
Nov 04, 2023
I like to push the reader's trust. Whether it be toying with a familiar trope or testing the reader's memory, I think it's important to tantalize and reward the reader over the course of a story.
Sep 28, 2023
I am never quitting caffeine again.
Aug 24, 2023
I'm going to step back an savor this.
Aug 24, 2023
Dragon*Con Vendor area, in AmericasMart (Building2).
Aug 15, 2023
Aug 10, 2023
They are SO expensive to produce. Here are some reasons why.
Jul 24, 2023
Booth 2141 (Echo Chernik's Booth). Click for map and a SURPRISE.
Jul 18, 2023
Jul 07, 2023
10 incredible stories. Now only $1.99! Now on BN.com!
Jul 05, 2023
My Summer Book Tour starts in San Diego and ends in Salt Lake City (hopefully).
Jul 03, 2023
A Magical Realist Epic where a struggling young woman inherits magic and a 75-Ton temple bell that could destroy the world.
Jul 01, 2023
San Diego. CA, July 1, 2023 — Best-Selling author of short fiction, Lazarus Black, releases his first novel The True Dragon of Atlanta at Comic-Con International this Summer,
Jun 28, 2023
The point is to immerse oneself in a character's life—destroying the "Other-ness" of it—and write them genuinely.
Jun 23, 2023
Jun 19, 2023
People curse for various reasons, but the most important (to a writer) is that doing so reveals stress in their lives.
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