Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash When I write, it is the voice of the character that comes first. I hear the dialogue, and it generates setting, conflict and motivation for me. So when I write, dialogue is first. Sure, there will be tags and description that comes with it, but it is minimalistic. After a…
Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash In March, I started a new series. It’s not really a series as each novel can standalone, but they are all set in the same world of the Solstice Dragon. What they have in common is setting, and there is a solstice dragon that is key to each book….
As a writer, would you consider collaboration a viable idea? I would have to know the other writer very well and feel that we had similar writing styles and a united focus on the plot and characters. Of course, after saying that, I must admit I have been talking to two people about collaborating. My…
What have you been doing that is writing related but not actually writing one of your books? I’m glad you asked because I have taken the plunge and am busy putting together a newsletter subscriber system. I’m a newbie at this particular process, so I am learning as I go. My plans include having a…
Do you spend a lot of time on social media? Hmm. Not like I used to. In the past I gave a lot of time to Twitter and Google+ (made a lovely friend and joined a wonderful group). I have an account with Pinterest and Goodreads as well, but I visit rarely. I’ve since narrowed…
However, you can also learn to help yourself and learn you are capable of improving. Let yourself fail; let others fail. Then give yourself and others the opportunity to learn from that failure. Failing doesn’t make one helpless. I read this great article about how people learn to be helpless through experience and environment. The…
Questions and answers. I’ve already written about the decision to stop working on my contemporary novel to work on what I thought was just a fantasy short story. I think a followup is due as just this week I finished the 99K draft of the fantasy novel. It took less than two months to write,…
Just a few weeks ago, I decided I needed to shift to another writing project. My contemporary novel, Joanie and Friends, had hit a wall. I was writing, but the story was failing to feel original and authentic, like I was just dragging the words out of my characters. So I remembered an outlined set…
