April 4, 2018July 21, 2020Uncategorized Guest Post: Character Counts: The Emotional Investment by Rhia G. Adley For most people, there are two types of stories – plot-driven or character-driven. Growing up, I was always told by the fiction […] Read more
July 1, 2016July 21, 2020Uncategorized The Week in Links 7/1/2016: Book Marketing, World Building, Star Trek Beyond Book Marketing and Branding Book Marketing Tips from Industry Experts 8 Book Marketing Shots in the Dark 5 Blogging Tips from a […] Read more
September 9, 2015July 21, 2020Uncategorized Leveling Up Your Character’s Magic Skills Part 2 In Part 1, we covered the different ways your character’s power can grow. Let’s dive deeper into that. What does leveling up […] Read more
August 31, 2015July 21, 2020Uncategorized Leveling Up Your Character’s Magic Skills Part 1 Pokemon, the game, came to mind for some reason. I know, total nerd moment. Thank Nintendo for bringing Pokemon to the near-front of […] Read more
March 9, 2015July 21, 2020Uncategorized Non-Human Characters Where are the otherworldly POV characters in fantasy? I don’t mean dwarfs, elves, vampires and werewolves/shifters. I don’t have a problem with […] Read more
January 30, 2015July 21, 2020Uncategorized Characters and Careers A career molds how a character views the world. For instance, writers see stories in everything. I use job and career interchangeably […] Read more
November 19, 2014July 21, 2020Uncategorized Split the Story? Thanks for your comments on my previous post Beta Readers. Gave me something to think about. +Damien Boath also suggested I divide […] Read more
September 15, 2014July 21, 2020Uncategorized Character’s Lost Memories In my current WIP, Chains of the Sciell, most of my cast has had their minds altered. They spend the first part […] Read more
July 28, 2014July 21, 2020Uncategorized Word Seasoning You might’ve come across a book with some out of the box metaphors and similes. I’m currently reading The Steel Remains by […] Read more
April 11, 2014July 21, 2020Uncategorized Bullied Characters I was bullied growing up. From sixth to eight grade I cried a lot because of what people did or said to […] Read more