Facts help make your fiction more believable. Research can be tortuous, but it is a necessary part of the writing process, even if you’re creating a whole… Read more “5 Quick Research Topics for Fiction Writers”
Tag: Writing
On My Night Stand: A Bookish Anthropological Study
Ok, so this isn’t a lifting of the veil of all things going on behind the scenes in my home. Instead, it’s a study of all the… Read more “On My Night Stand: A Bookish Anthropological Study”
Hooking the Reader
One of my writer friends introduced me to an interesting blog post idea this week. She calls it WIP Wednesdays (Work In Progress). In the post, she… Read more “Hooking the Reader”
To Self-Publish or Not to Self-Publish
That is the question… I’m at a point now, where I am starting to think about what to do with my 60+K novella. I’ve gone through two… Read more “To Self-Publish or Not to Self-Publish”
The Origin of Characters
I had a non-writer friend ask me some very interesting question the other day. She wanted to know where characters came from. How do we writers come… Read more “The Origin of Characters”
Novel Approaches to Writing: The Heyday of the Novella
When I was in high school and college, I really wanted to be a published author. I wanted to be writing novels. I love to sit and… Read more “Novel Approaches to Writing: The Heyday of the Novella”
The Issue of Race in Writing
I haven’t thought much about race in my writing. They say to write what you know and, well, what I know best is being white. I am… Read more “The Issue of Race in Writing”
The Reader’s Path
Do you remember when you became a reader? Sometimes I think I’ve been a reader my whole life. I remember being very young and sitting with my… Read more “The Reader’s Path”
Literary Pilgrimages
The literary pilgrimage used to be simple. You would travel to a place to see the home, grave, or drinking joint of your favorite writer. Literary pilgrimages,… Read more “Literary Pilgrimages”
Puerto Rico: A Trip of the Senses
Hello fair readers! I just got back from a relaxing vacation in Puerto Rico and I apologize for not posting while we were gone. But, it was… Read more “Puerto Rico: A Trip of the Senses”
Writer vs the World 