NANOWRIMO PREP LESSON 2! CHARACTERS POOP PLOT, PLOT DOES NOT POOP CHARACTER! SO MAKE THOSE CHARACTERS MEMORABLE! {I will be out of town this following Monday, so wanted to go ahead and repost this now so those of you following along would have the chance to work on this all next week! NOW DO IT!} ... View Post
NaNoWriMo BOOT CAMP! Lesson One: PREPARATION MATTERS!
It's that time of year again ... OCTOBER! And that means ... it's NANOWRIMO TIME! As I will be preparing myself again this year, I thought this would be a good time to give everyone a refresher course on BOOT CAMP! THAT'S RIGHT! No whining! No excuses! Just write! ... View Post
Deadly Sin of Writing #4–Beware the Bog of Back Story
A rampant discussion among my writer's group just lately ... how to handle backstory? What is too much? Too little? Are flashbacks and dreams to convey relevant events ever okay? And then we found this excellent post by the brilliant Kristen Lamb! I think she says it perfectly: ... View Post
Music Monday: An Exploration of What Powers my Stories – "Demons" by Imagine Dragons
Second in my series of exploring the noveling soundtrack to my current WIP, The Good Thing, is the song "Demons" by Imagine Dragons. I have several Imagine Dragons songs on this novel's playlist, but out of all of those, "Demons" is probably the one I'd choose for my favorite in representing the characters and story. Every time I hear this song, no matter where I am, I get immediately transported back into my novel. The lyrics work very well from the point of view of one of the main ... View Post
Music Monday: An Exploration of What Powers my Stories – "Silver Lining" by HURTS
When it comes to music, writers seem to be in one of two camps. Either they LOVE having music as a background to their story creation, or ... they HATE it, and must instead have absolute silence in which to concentrate. Personally, I'm in Camp A. I LOVE having music while I write, and always have. The louder and more epic, the better. I reach The Zone far more quickly and stay in it longer if I've got my headphones on and the music blaring. And since I started my current WIP about a year ... View Post
The Work-in-Progress Blog Hop: The Good Thing
Well! Nothing like a good ol' fashioned blog hop to force me out of my blogging hermit-hole!I have been tagged by the wonderful Jumping From Cliffs to participate in this thingy here, and this is how it works: The idea is I post the first line of the first three chapters of my current work-in-progress, then nominate four other bloggers to do the same.To follow in the tradition set forth by JFC and a few of the authors who were tagged before him, I am including the first line of my prologue as ... View Post
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