I saw another author do this once, and thought it was just the most fantastic idea. Mostly because I'm nosey. ;) Maybe it's just my writer-brain that's fascinated by getting a glimpse into people's living and working spaces, but if you observe instead of just looking (as Sherlock might say), you can learn a lot about a person by snooping around through a tour of their house or other personal space. So, in honor of cleaning and organizing my own writing space in preparation for NaNoWriMo, I ... View Post
NaNoWriMo BOOT CAMP: Lesson Four – SURVIVAL!
(this is the last post in a series originally posted in October 2013, but I'm reposting them all now as a refresher for NaNoWriMo 2015! - JF) WHAT’S SCARIER THAN A HORDE OF HALF-DECAYED ZOMBIES SHUFFLING IN YOUR DIRECTION WHEN YOU’RE FRESH OUT OF BULLETS AND JUST SO HAPPENED TO LEAVE YOUR AXE AT HOME??? NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH!!!! Forget about all that undead nonsense and unpack that Zombie Apocalypse Survival Kit you’ve been hiding in the back corner of your basement, ... View Post
Confessions of a Writer – Tag, I’m It!
What writer can resist talking about writing, reading, their own writing habits, and their current projects? Not this one! I've been tagged by the awesome Melanie Noell Bernard to participate in a cool interview-type of blogging game! I will answer a few questions to the best of my ability, and then tag some writers at the end to participate as well! If you are a writer and I don't tag you, feel free to contribute anyway, and please do link to your answers in the comments, as I'd really love ... View Post
NaNoWriMo BOOT CAMP: Lesson Three – The Center of the Paradox (ie, for Pantsers!)
(Originally posted in October 2013, but posting again for a refresher as NaNoWriMo 2015 fast approaches! - JF) SO, you want to be a rebel, eh?!?! You just HATE outlining, do you?? You just can’t for the life of you figure out WTF is going to happen in your novel past Act 1?? You shudder at the very mention of ACTS and STRUCTURE and turn up your nose at all that “rubbish”?? Think you don’t need to give any thought whatsoever as to the make-up of your novel before plunging into the ... View Post
NaNoWriMo Boot Camp: Lesson Two – CHARACTERS AND GMC!
(these Boot Camps were originally posted in October 2013, but I'm bringing them out again as a refresher for NaNoWriMo #NaNoPrep 2015!) NO, I do NOT mean a GMC car!!! You don’t know what else I could possibly mean by GMC?!??! You think your characters are just bodies to occupy your awesomely fantastic setting or move through your utterly original and mind-blowing plot!???!? WRONG!!!!! WRONG WRONG WRONG!!! Failing on the CHARACTER LEVEL will make your entire book FAIL!! THAT’S ... View Post
COVER REVEAL for “In Death, Everything”!
Good morning, my lovelies! Today I am *THRILLED* to share with you the cover for my soon-to-be-published short story entitled "In Death, Everything". This short was inspired by a poem I wrote a few years ago (by the name of "No Box For Me"), which was in turn inspired by an evening jog, where I saw a 110-year-old headstone in our local cemetery had broken in a recent storm. That got me to thinking. Which led to the poem, which led to this story. I recently decided I would go ahead ... View Post
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