Author’s Background
Duck Blood Soup was written by Jim Hofer and Frank Hofer. The book has passed through dozens of test readers who have provided us with great feedback that has really helped shape the book and round...
View ArticlePicking a Genre
When we Frank and I started collaborating on Duck Blood Soup, the first discussions were around basic plot and genre. I have always been a fan of Fantasy novels by Weis and Hickmann, R. A. Salvatore,...
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View ArticleHow to Coauthor a Book
Having multiple authors collaborate on a book is not unheard of, but it isn’t exactly common either. There are a number of issues that can make coauthoring difficult. How do you split up the workload?...
View ArticleWriting with a Partner
We have a guest post over at The Cellophane Queen where we discuss writing with a partner when you’re 1500 miles and two time zones apart. Check it out:...
View ArticleAuthor Profile – James
James Hofer lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his amazing wife that he still can’t believe he tricked into marrying him, three wonderful children who regularly argue about who the favorite is, and...
View ArticleAuthor Profile – Frank
Frank Hofer lives in Silicon Valley with his wonderful wife, three dogs, and three cats. He used his BS in Computer Science to land a job flying over a dozen one-of-a-kind science satellites. Career...
View ArticleWriting with a Distant Partner
This is a guest post we did for another site: Writing Duck Blood Soup – Frank Hofer of The Brothers Hofer with edits helpfully provided by James How do you write a novel when your writing partner is...
View ArticleI Can Relate
I can definitely relate to what Wil Wheaton is feeling. When we pulled the trigger and uploaded Duck Blood Soup to amazon.com I didn’t think anyone would buy it. If they did buy it, I didn’t think...
View ArticleThe Care and Feeding of your Author
The care and feeding of your author: http://jenlarsen.net/2013/03/the-care-and-feeding-of-your-author/ You can show your support at http://www.amazon.com/Duck-Blood-Soup-Caldarium-ebook/dp/B00AGOISEU/
View ArticleGuest Post at Silk Screen Views
Silk Screen Views is reprinting some of our old posts about writing Duck Blood Soup. You can see their first reprint at...
View ArticleAuthor Interview
Jim and Frank were interviewed by Silk Screen Views. Drop by and find out about some of the background on writing Duck Blood Soup, how we worked together, and the origins of some of our ideas. I was...
View ArticleAnother repost
Silk Screen VIews has done another repost of one of our articles. http://silkscreenviews.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/engineering-with-magic-by-frank-hofer-james-hofer-edits/
View ArticleHigh School Reading Assignments
My daughters were complaining about the books they have as summer reading assignments for their high school reading classes. The issue isn’t with the reading, it is the choice of books that are made...
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