I have to admit: Theme is my biggest weakness in writing. If I have themes in my books, it is entirely by mistake. I even have a silly superstition that if I dig around too deeply in the themes in my writing, I will ruin them somehow. In light of […]
Guest Posts
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While I often draw details from the real world to feed my fantasy world building, I have never had to portray a current, real world place in my writing. Robert L. Slater is here today to share his experiences researching place for his forthcoming near-future novel Straight Into Darkness, sequel to the […]
While I consider myself to be an expert on imagining whole new worlds, I’m admittedly lacking when it comes to researching the real world. That’s why I’ve invited Janet Oakley, an historian and award-winning historical fiction author, to apply her expertise to the topic! Enjoy her post and check out her […]
Today we have a special treat! Amanda June Hagarty, a talented and gregarious local writer, editor, and social media maven has agreed to help me out with a guest post about what it really means to write character-driven fiction. It’s a term we all toss around a lot, but how […]
Today, I’m honored to have Monica Enderle Pierce as a guest on my blog, sharing an amazing, and somewhat terrifying, technique for writers! This post came about due to a couple of things. First, I recently read Famine, the latest book from Monica Enderle Pierce, a wonderful PNW Spec Fic […]
Check it out folks, I’m barking from the Dogpatch again this week. Click here to see me try to organize my thoughts around including information in your story: Information Management: It’s a Little Like Goldilocks.