Nathan Baugh

I'm scared to post this and I've never seen anyone on Twitter do it. I wrote a short fiction story – it's a Greek re-telling called "Origins of Fire." Here it is: Prometheus snatched at the fire but Zeus held it aloft, toying with him. “Not so fast, cousin. You’ve always had…

I regret to inform you that a round of edits with a great developmental editor does wonders for your story

I'm stupid so I work hard

Believe me, it’s the mark of a great man, and one rising above human weakness, to allow no part of his time to be skimmed off. — Seneca, via @Jack_Raines

Books need more heroes

double rainbow in Austin

Isn’t it funny that reading a book has this effect but reading on social has the opposite effect. It’s not the act of reading, but the medium that matters.

Roast my potential book covers What do you like? How would you improve them?

My laptop died. I looked to my left and saw leaves, half in the sun and half in shadow, the two sides colliding as the entire tree swayed gently in the warm breeze, and I wondered why I'd been looking at my laptop in the first place.

My favorite opening line ever written:

As Cormac McCarthy said, "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from." But I've found that's not always true. Sometimes you do see both paths - one bad, one unthinkable - and that awareness can be more unsettling than ignorance. Though it's also a blessing.…

Dramatica's Table of Story Elements. So much knowledge distilled to a single page.

12 Fiction Books to Read in 2025: 1. Count of Monte Cristo 2. East of Eden 3. Foundation 4. Pachinko 5. Hyperion 6. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 7. Red Rising 8. Kite Runner 9. Name of the Wind 10. Gates of Fire 11. Nightingale 12. Mists of Avalon

Best books on Middle Eastern history? Want something on Persia, Assyria, Babylon ideally but open to other topics.