May 6, 2013 | Tips and tricks
I don’t know about you, but perhaps my biggest problem is finishing a novel once I’ve started it. Countless stories have died in my imagination before they ever got to paper or computer, and many that I start writing never get beyond a few sentences. In...
Apr 16, 2013 | Tips and tricks
When moving through various stages of character development, always be sure there’s contiguity. I’ve never devised a character yet that ends up the way I originally planned them. Sometimes they don’t even stay the same in the transition from my...
Feb 6, 2013 | Tips and tricks
Let’s face it, writers; when it comes to writing a book, romance is the hardest thing to write. There are two things you can do: swear off all romance in a book or grit your teeth and bear it. The first is definitely an option, but if you’re even...
Jan 28, 2013 | Tips and tricks
Describing things can be one of the most challenging things for a writer to tackle. Sometimes you just can’t picture it or find the right words. Still, it’s important to describe the world around your characters so the reader feels like they’re...
Oct 10, 2012 | Tips and tricks
You know how exacting I am about punctuation? Well, case in point: I said to my kitten today, “You’re lucky; I nearly stepped on you there.” If you left out the semicolon the sentence would be, ‘You’re lucky I nearly stepped on you...
Sep 4, 2012 | Tips and tricks
Just as real estate has its ‘location, location, location’, writing has its punctuation. I cannot stress this enough. Perhaps I’m too picky, but when people don’t use proper punctuation, it takes all my self-control not to scream. Proper...
