Selling books in person to someone you’ve never met is a strange experience that I’m not sure many people can relate to. It’s not the same as selling to family and friends, especially when you’re in a conference room full of people fighting every introverted impulse to get a potential buyer’s attention. Still, I had pretty good success this year!
Author Archives: Nathan Orgill
Update 2026
Yeah, it’s been a while. A lot happened over the last year, but at least I got some writing done. It’s been nearly a full year since I’ve posted, but it’s time to make some announcements
MONSTERS & STEEL Coming Soon
Just a quick update post: I’m going to be at the Oshkosh Lakefly Writer’s Conference Book Fair selling books and a brand new story from an ongoing series called Monsters & Steel. I will be selling physical copies of both Withered Kingdom (hardcover and paperback) as well as Wrath of the Widow Witch, the firstContinue reading “MONSTERS & STEEL Coming Soon”
2024 Reading Retrospective
I read a pretty good number of books in 2024. My highlight of the year is unexpected to say the least.
Writing Lessons from House of the Dragon
Don’t be afraid to write brutally, demand uncertainty from your audience, and accept that there are some things no writer can do.
What is the November Writing Challenge?
MY November Writing Challenge is going to consist of the same terms, PLUS a few more to spice things up. I usually finish the old challenge early anyway, so here goes. The NEW November Writing Challenge!
Television.
it’s better to have a show that gets canceled before its arc completes than for the plot to get mashed into too little time.
Reflecting on NaNoWriMo 2022
I hope you had a good November. The holidays might be your favorite or least favorite time of year, but November can be one of the most enchanting through sustained creative effort.
Speculating about Nintendo’s Next Console
I took to twitter a week or so ago to talk about what I thought Nintendo would do for its next console. How do you imagine it?
Withered Kingdom HARDCOVER Unboxing!
After setting up a new space to stream, I broke the proverbial champagne bottle with a livestream of me unboxing the Hardcover version of Withered Kingdom!
The Phyronian Chronicle 