Truly. How many times have you woven in cool tidbits from your research only to be slammed by your beta…
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Eric 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…
Continue ReadingFirefly Friday – Keeping Foreshadowing in the Shadows, guest post by Jim Ross
Today we have a guest blogger for Firefly Friday, where we examine a writing tip using the TV Show Firefly…
Continue ReadingWeekend Grab Bag – From Writing Tips to a Steampunk Mister Potato Head
Writing: Yesterday @JanetNorCal sent out this plea, can anyone help her? I thought someone tweeted a link to the fine…
Continue ReadingFirefly Friday – Are you giving readers an excuse to put your book down?
Welcome to the next installment of Firefly Friday, where we examine a writing tip chestnut and marry it to my…
Continue ReadingWeekend Grab Bag – From Writing Tips to Darth Vader’s Love Life
It’s getting colder down here in Mobile, brrr! Here’s my roundup of of blog posts I found helpful this week,…
Continue ReadingSmash That Mirror! Why Self-Referencing Critiquers Could Be Dangerous
I’ve had a blog post in mind for a while on the dangers of critiquers that self-reference motivations for your characters…
Continue ReadingWeekend Grab Bag – Writing, Austen as a Comic, and more
Sorry for the delay (did you even notice?). Yesterday morning some of wordpress.com’s servers were experiencing issues and I couldn’t…
Continue ReadingFirefly Friday – Shiny! Using Setting to Illustrate Character
Welcome to the next installment of Firefly Friday, where we examine a writing tip chestnut and marry it to my…
Continue ReadingYou Say Tomato, I Say Tomahto – The Challenge of Multiple POVs
My current novel has two Points of View (POV), and boy are they completely different. One is the quirky, slightly…
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