by Alex P. Berg | Oct 12, 2014 | Fantasy, Literature
If you follow me on Facebook, you’ll undoubtedly already have seen the new covers for my two upcoming novels, Red Hot Steele and The Genesis Allegory. If not, here they are in all their luscious glory. You’ll also notice there’s been some changes to...
by Alex P. Berg | Sep 8, 2014 | Fantasy, Literature, Science Fiction, Thoughts on Writing
Those of you who know me and have talked to me about writing have probably heard me talk about the Superstars Writing conference before. It’s a business oriented writing conference spearheaded by best-selling science fiction and fantasy author Kevin J. Anderson, and...
by Alex P. Berg | Aug 7, 2014 | Thoughts on Writing
I’m a thief. I admit it. But to be fair, most writers are. You see every story starts out as an idea. An idea is the barest, most fundamental element of a story. And there really aren’t that many of them. Over the course of human history, pretty much every original...
by Alex P. Berg | Jul 31, 2014 | Metal, Music
A common refrain in heavy metal music refers to the “gods of heavy metal”, which is probably a sign of the influence of paganism on the genre. I have no idea if the heavy metal gods actually exist, but if they do, I’m pretty sure they live in Sweden. Why, you ask? Let...
by Alex P. Berg | Jun 21, 2014 | Thoughts on Writing
Before I start this post, I’d like to introduce you to Batdog Press, the independent publishing imprint I’ve created to publish my own works. It’s got a web domain (www.batdogpress.com), but for the time being and for the immediate future, it just redirects to my own...
