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Category Archives: writing
Why I’m So Much More Productive Writing this Year (and how you can be too)!
5 tips to increase writing productivity Continue reading
Speed-Dating with My Characters: Results
So you’re probably wondering, how did speed-dating with my characters go? Fascinating, weird, fun, and very very informative. Continue reading
First-Time Author Can’t Open Her Own Box of Books
At last! I’ve slaved over the writing, editing, and publishing of my first novel, Waking Beauty. Now my books have arrived in the mail! If only I could work up the courage to open them. Anyone relate? Continue reading
Movie Review: Authors Anonymous
Are you in a critique group? What kind of member are you? This movie tells the funny, poignant, sometimes awkward truth. Continue reading
Horses: Fresh Takes on Old Standards
Everybody ride horses in fantasy! Here are the ones I find most original. What about you? Continue reading
My Kingdom For Any Mode of Transportation But a Horse
Back in college I spent several years writing a draft of a fantasy/sci fi novel. I was never able to finish it, mainly because the plot started out cute and Mogli-sized, then grew to gremlin-sized and started causing havoc. But it was one of my best attempts at world-building. One of the details I was … Continue reading
Writer’s Resolutions: The 6-Word Diet Plan
I usually forego New Year’s resolutions, but in 2015, I’ve decided to go on a writer’s diet. That doesn’t mean cutting calories, but words. I have always struggled to contain my verbosity on paper. In the last month, I have cut 11,000 words of prose and 100 lines of poetry out of various projects, and … Continue reading
Jonah: The Reverse Story Arc
Last time I wrote about camel humps, aka story arcs. In my spiritual life, I have been into the Book of Jonah lately. And boy, it has a funky story arc! What kinda camel he be riding? If all you heard about Jonah is that he got swallowed by a whale (or big ol’ fish), … Continue reading
What Kind of Camel is Your Story?
An update on my contracted epic fantasy novel, Waking Beauty: this past weekend I got the recommendations for areas to edit back from my awesome publisher, Steve Laube of Enclave Publishing. And now, ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, children of all ages, we are going to perform a show-stopping literary magic act. Turn … Continue reading
