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Continuing to Learn
Posted on October 5, 2017 Leave a Comment
My niece and I are attending the 2017 Breathe Conference tomorrow, October 6. It will be our first time there, and our first time going to a conference together. We’re excited, a little nervous, and ready to learn. It will be interesting to be with so many other writers. Writing is a solitary action. Most […]
Finding Inspiration at the Mall
Posted on September 11, 2017 Leave a Comment
I survived girls’ weekend! It was a great two days of watching romantic movies, shopping, and eating junk food. On Sunday, we ventured to the Traverse City Mall, which houses a beautiful carousel. I took the pictures you see here to use as inspiration for my Flying Ponies series. I love seeing the carousel animals; […]
Blogging a Book
Posted on July 9, 2017 Leave a Comment
How many of you have heard of this concept? I am reading How to Blog a Book by Nina Amir. It’s good so far, and interesting. But so far it seems to me like it’s basically like when I used to post fanfiction. Yes, I got sucked into that fan-driven whirlwind back around 2002. My […]
Characters Know Best
Posted on July 5, 2017 Leave a Comment
Have you ever spent a lot of time plotting out a story, complete with a timeline and outline, only to have your characters hijack it? This happened with the first story in my YA fantasy series, set in my world of Pentallia. I spent months outlining, drawing up character sheets, and writing out scenes in […]
Adding to the Toolbox
Posted on July 3, 2017 Leave a Comment
I’m sure most of my fellow writers have heard of Scrivener, and probably quite a few of you use it. I had read about it in some of my self-publishing books, but decided to give it a try only after a fellow writer I admire told me how much she liked it. I thought that […]
Playing Favorites
Posted on June 29, 2017 Leave a Comment
We all have a favorite book, or many favorites, if you’re like me. And as writers, we also have favorite characters that we’ve created, whether it’s a hero or a villain (sometimes, they’re both). We often times don’t want to admit this, because we could be accused of playing the favorite game, but it is […]
Opening Portals
Posted on June 27, 2017 Leave a Comment
As most of us know, world building is an important part of creating our stories. Without a world of their own, where do our characters act out their journeys? For those of us who write fantasy and science fiction, this is particularly important, but it’s also important to writers who work in historical or realistic […]
Who You Are
Posted on June 25, 2017 Leave a Comment
I just finished watching Moana for probably the fifth time. Her journey was the catalyst for me choosing the path of an indie writer. The music is beautiful, the scenery captivating, and she is inspiring. Choosing to go the indie route was not a decision I made lightly. It’s not for everyone. But after watching […]
Research, and Why It’s Good
Posted on November 7, 2016 Leave a Comment
As many of you writers know, November is National Novel Writing Month, or for those who like acronyms: NANOWRIMO. I’ve been a semi-active participant for the last few years, as have been a few of my coworkers. It’s fun, and sometimes I do get fairly far with whatever project I’m currently working on. This year, […]
The Magic of the Carousel
Posted on August 30, 2016 Leave a Comment
Sometimes you have characters, and those characters just know, instinctively, where they are going to live, what they are going to do, etc. I thought I knew where the Flynn family was going to be living – in a giant mansion in Smoke City. But that wasn’t where Charlotte (the second oldest) wanted to live, […]
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