Category: Writer
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The Story Of Your Heart
The dreaded yet beloved Story. The Story that you ache to tell. The Story that you desperately want to share with the world. The Story that is quirky, odd, off-beat or maybe about an “edgy” or possibly “offensive” subject. The Tale that nags you when you try to sleep and claims squatting rights in your…
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IWSG August
August 1 question – What pitfalls would you warn other writers to avoid on their publication journey? Oh, this one is going to be rich since I haven’t actually published anything yet. I’m going to be looking at things from a self-publishing angle, so if that isn’t your cup of tea, you can skip this…
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The Point of Publishing…
I’m not there yet. I’m a slow writer. I’ve learned through observation that the masses do not want to wait 2 years in between books that are all a part of the same series (well, not anymore – 30 years ago, there wasn’t much of a choice, but now…). If you make them wait, you…
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IWSG June
What’s harder for you to come up with, book titles or character names? Oh, please, GoofenDoodle. Character names are so easy. Fantasy names I can either slam together sounds until it feels right or lift something out of an article I’m reading and change a few letters. If I’m writing a fiction loosely based in…
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IWSG April
When your writing life is a bit cloudy or filled with rain, what do you do to dig down and keep on writing? Hey, now – No one said these questions were going to get personal. I think it depends on HOW is my writing life cloudy – Are we talking about “I have no…
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IWSG February
What do you love about the genre you write in most often? Oooo…. I’m a fantasy girl. Always have been. Magic is awesome. Dragons are cool. Castles and swords and spells, oh my! World building from scratch is probably the easiest thing (for me). The problem stems from my obsessive need for detail. If I…