Obviously, a lot of thought goes into creating a new world and characters to inhabit it. First, you have to develop the world, the basis of its existence, its history, its map layout … every aspect you can to make the world come to life not only in your eyes, but in the eyes of […]
The Josh Robert Nay Online section “Feeding the Journalist” has been replaced by a better and much better looking FeedBurner box. Visitors now have the option of subscribing to only one RSS and getting all of the information contained in the old multiple RSS Feed days of the website and my blog. The new “Official […]
A real quick announcement: A new fantasy poem is now viewable on Yahoo. I wrote the poem while remembering a sunset I saw as a child. I remembered how the dry tree in the front yard resembled a unicorn staring into the sun, and it became the symbolism within the poem. Check out the Poetry […]
When reading my new short story The Uninvited and the Curse, which I mentioned in my previous entry on The Purple Dragon as well as in repeated posts on both Facebook and Twitter, some people ask why I chose to go with a first-person perspective for Khufu, the pharaoh in the story. Simply put, the […]
Enter The Uninvited and the Curse, a short story told from the point of view of ancient pharaoh Khufu, for whom the Great Pyramid was built. The story was one of those I announced at the last minute but was quickly scooped up and published by Yahoo, especially for all you fans of ancient Egypt! […]
I have just published a couple of new poems for Yahoo. The poem entitled Eternal Song of Summer is an obvious tip of the hat to the hottest season of the year and is told from the point of view of a very unlikely source. Another, Fabric Rose is about those little things in life […]
Way back in the beginning of June, I posted a poem entitled Our Immortal Gleam, a tribute to my recently deceased grandma. Today, that poem has been published and is now viewable online at Yahoo.com. The Title Catalog and all links on the website have been updated to reflect the URL of the new title. […]
Hello, everyone, just wanted to wish everyone a happy and safe Independence Day! Eat lots of good food, have fun at the parades, and enjoy the fireworks. Most of all, don’t forget what this day stands for. I will be taking a couple of days off to observe the holiday but I will be back […]
… though they might be a bit delayed, mainly due to the fact that, in addition to my impending move to the United Kingdom, I have also said good-bye for good to POD (print-on-demand) publishing. Instead, I have opted to expand my client base to more traditional publishing companies. For instance, I am currently working […]
It’s official: 2011’s mid-life crisis is already circling the drain. Tomorrow will be the first day of July. Summer is about half over as well. Soon, the leaves on the trees will change color to signal the coming of fall and then later the coming of winter, and all the snow and ice that I […]