( I wonder what happens to the HP7 countdown gadget when it reaches 0. I know it’s the wrong picture but it’s all I could find. I think I’ll leave it there til I blog about HP. I won’t be seeing the movie until Saturday night.) In my previous post The Middle, I said I…
I keep learning new things about writing. I like it but it gets a bit old when every time I learn something new I see more and more holes in my stories. I’d written one novel years ago and reread it so many times. I liked it a lot. I still do only now I’m…
Moral was a curse used only against those you wanted disgraced or dead. Decency, honesty and loyalty were words Jade Mitchell’s parents planted into her soul and words this world spat on while crushing them under their feet. The street’s chaos put steel in her spine. Jade turned on her tunnel vision and walked with…
The first draft is going to be garbage. Let’s just get that out of the way right now. Say it with me- the first draft is going to be garbage. Do not sit at your computer or over a notebook and expect to churn out Shakespeare at your first go. It will not be perfect;…
Once again, I’ve got another novel in my head- that make’s six now: 1 series (3 novels), half a series (2 novels) and the first of another series. Usually, when I finish a novel or short story I wonder, just for fun, how it would go if I continued it. Most of the time, nothing…
I’ve loved horror most of my life so why are most of my favorites on Goodreads fantasy? Don’t worry, they’re still dark. But why the change? I’ve sampled other genres but horror was always my favorite. Years ago I didn’t even like fantasy. When I was doing research on the characteristic of a horror novel,…
I write because I have to. I feel I’m missing something important if I don’t. Plots, dialogues, conflicts, resolutions, character personalities, endings overrun my mind and won’t let me concentrate on anything else until expressed. I see a tree or a structure and think how perfect it would fit in my story. I read or…
