If you’re just starting out using Beta Readers or if you’re starting a new genre and have collected a new set of Beta Readers, deciphering their comments might pose a bit of a challenge. Today we’re going to look at… Read More ›
character development
Stuck in a Rut with Your Writing?
The worst part about “getting stuck in a rut” is the inherent comfort that comes along with that fact. As authors it’s important to challenge ourselves and our characters. If we’re unable to shake loose the familiar we just might… Read More ›
Editing Tip #84: Honing Character Pt 5 – Perfect is Boring
It’s relatively safe to say that everyone wants to find their perfect soul mate – but that doesn’t mean the person who is perfect for you, is in fact flawless. Now, we’ve touched on flaws and quirks already in this… Read More ›
Interview with Sci-Fi Author C.A. MacLean
~ Today’s guest author is C.A. MacLean, a sci-fi writer I had a chance to meet personally last fall at a local book event. While this gentleman may appear quiet and demure his characters and plots are anything but! His… Read More ›
Editing Tip #80 – Honing Character Pt. 2: Flaws and Quirks
Last week I touched on adding the humanity spice to your characters be they good, bad or otherwise. Today I’d like to expand on that notion by adding a few more ingredients to your cooking character. The key element you’ll… Read More ›
Editing Tip #79 – Honing Character Pt. 1: Remembering their Humanity
We’d all like to think that our characters, especially our main character(s), are perfect just the way we wrote them. It’s starts with a vision (or a full-blown background write-up) and then you let them loose on the page to… Read More ›
Interview with Mythic & Paranormal Fantasy Author Lisa M. Green
A young woman, determined not to fall prey to the consequences of inaction, must brave the nightmares beyond her known world in order to fight back against the nightmare within that is slowly killing her village and her people. The… Read More ›
Fiction Friday #10
The Retirement Party ~ A Communal Exercise in Character ~ The hallway was silent. Normally that wouldn’t be out of the ordinary, being after hours and all, but Maggie’s retirement brought everyone out of the woodwork – who could pass… Read More ›
Interview with Contemporary Fiction Writer S.J. Matthews
S.J. Matthews is a life-long resident of Texas. As such, she is in love with the Lone Star State and the things that best represent it: barbecue, horses, and a really good margarita on the rocks (not necessarily in that… Read More ›
Editing Tip #7
A practical use for the idea of an oxymoron: We all know that an oxymoron means to place two contradictory terms together – like Jumbo-shrimp. Now, take that concept a step farther and make it relevant to an idea… A… Read More ›
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