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Writing When You Don’t Feel 100% or Even 60%
Originally posted on Lara Willard: A friend shared this with her friend, who is my friend, who shared it on her blog, and now I’m sharing it with you. Maggie Stiefvater answers a question about being creative while suffering. She starts: “It’s hard to describe to non-creators how difficult it is to be abstract when…
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How to punctuate dialogue in a novel – by Louise Harnby…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: In this article, we’ll look at the following: How to indicate speech Creating pauses and trail-offs Showing interruptions How to punctuate tagged speech Working with broken-up dialogue Handling vocative expressions Dealing with faltering speech Continue reading HERE
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WWW Wednesday: What Am I Reading? #amreading
Originally posted on Books and Such: WWW Wednesday is a meme from Sam at Taking On A World Of Words The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? I’m currently reading The Devil’s Thief (The Last Magician #2) by Lisa Maxwell. The…
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Wednesday Story Day – AKA – Hump Day
Originally posted on Fiction Favorites: ” Psst. What day is it, Bailey?” “Wednesday.” “Hit snooze until Friday.” ? Wednesday Story Day again and last week we saw Andrew let Paul take the tape to have it read at a supplier facility. Most of us wondered if that was such a good idea. Also, the cast…
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The Old Man in the Tower
The Silent Eye There was and is a tower, a tall, dark tower. One day, a fugitive – ragged but not lost – came to this tower. The tower stood beside a wild sea, which constantly washed its face with spray. Day after day the sea would send clouds of cold spray high into the…
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The Bow of Destiny’s Main Character
Archer's Aim Today is a continuation last week’s series about The Bow of Destiny. Today, it’s all about the main character and what makes the book go. But first, here’s the book trailer: Athson is the main character of The Bow of Hart and a rather complex one at that. He suffers from fits over…
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Lost: The Princess General of Womb-Bornia (Note: There is no Womb-Bornia)
Originally posted on Legends of Windemere: Ruri from Nadesico The only reason I used the character above is because Lost has silver hair. Obviously, she’s essential to War of Nytefall: Lost since her name is in the title. This is a character who I’ve been wanting to introduce for a long time, but I came up…