Happy Holidays, may you find peace and joy and some holiday cheer!! I will be taking the week off…
Continue ReadingMonth: December 2011
My struggles with interior monologue
Recently, I’ve had critiquers and Beta readers tell me that I’m relying too much on rhetorical questions in my character’s…
Continue ReadingSix Sentence Sunday – 12/18/11
Today is #sixsunday where writers share six sentences from their work. I’ll share a snippet from my time-travel romance WIP. I…
Continue ReadingWeekend Grab Bag – From Writing Tips to Jane Austen to Klingon Monopoly
Writing: Janice Hardy has advice on how to recognize plot devices: Knowing the Future: Avoiding Predictable Plots Through Plot Exposure In…
Continue ReadingAdding Truth to Fiction Might Cause Hair Loss
Truly. How many times have you woven in cool tidbits from your research only to be slammed by your beta…
Continue ReadingSix Sentence Sunday – 12/11/11
Today is #sixsunday where writers share six sentences from their work. I’ll share a snippet from my time-travel romance WIP. I…
Continue ReadingTime Travel Roundup – From Fiction (Q, Gilliam & more) to the latest on those FTL neutrinos (oh, and a really cool 2012 calendar)
I’ve been collecting some posts about time travel over the last month or so, and figured it was time to…
Continue ReadingSix Sentence Sunday – 12/4/11
Today is #sixsunday where writers share six sentences from their work. I’ll share a snippet from my time-travel romance WIP. I…
Continue ReadingEric and Sookie – Why So Steamy? Writing Sexual Tension…
Sorry, no Firefly post today!* Instead I’m going to take an excerpt from True Blood to illustrate/discuss writing sexual tension and…
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