Quarterly Writing Goals: Q3 2017
November 1, 2017
One of the best ways to stay on track with goals or annual resolutions is to write them down and to periodically keep regular progress reports. … More Quarterly Writing Goals: Q3 2017
Category: Urban Fantasy
My Top 5 Urban Fantasy Television Shows
October 11, 2017
What is Urban Fantasy? It is a sub-genre of Fantasy where common fantasy conventions are placed in an urban, modern setting. The ‘fantasy’ part can include magic, mythology, and supernatural powers and creatures. The ‘urban’ part does not necessarily mean the story must be set in a large city. An Urban Fantasy can be set … More My Top 5 Urban Fantasy Television Shows
Where did you get the idea for your novel?
February 8, 2017
The Sumerian tale of Marduk versus Tiamat absorbed me one night during a months-long bout of insomnia. A few articles compared Tiamat to Echidna from Greek mythology. … More Where did you get the idea for your novel?
What Makes For A Great Opening Line Of A Novel?
November 16, 2016
There is no magic formula to create the perfect first line. What is considered a great opening line is as varied as the novels that contain them. 4-Opening Paragraph Tips: Read the first page of novels in your genre. Knowing what other authors did will help you avoid clichés and see what works and what … More What Makes For A Great Opening Line Of A Novel?
Questionnaire for Writing Character Profiles – Create Memorable Characters
November 9, 2016
What makes a character memorable is that they battled great external hardships, faced internal struggles, and had unique personalities. … More Questionnaire for Writing Character Profiles – Create Memorable Characters
Questionnaire for Writing Character Profiles – Go Beyond Physical Description
November 2, 2016
Character profiles are helpful for novels that are part of a series, novels which involve several main characters and for stories which use multiple points of view. … More Questionnaire for Writing Character Profiles – Go Beyond Physical Description
Questionnaire for Writing Character Profiles – Character Description
October 26, 2016
Readers like to be given some physical description of a main character, in order to help create an image for themselves. … More Questionnaire for Writing Character Profiles – Character Description
Questionnaire for Writing Character Profiles – Acquainting Yourself With Your Characters
October 19, 2016
The purpose of a character profile is: to help writers create characters that are as lifelike as possible and to help with continuity issues in the story. … More Questionnaire for Writing Character Profiles – Acquainting Yourself With Your Characters
Questionnaire for Writing Character Profiles – Ways To Create Characterization In Fiction
October 12, 2016
No matter how action pack and intriguing the storyline, a novel will not succeed without believable characters. … More Questionnaire for Writing Character Profiles – Ways To Create Characterization In Fiction
Primordial Realms Series: Caste System
August 17, 2016
There are a number of non-human races in the world of my series, Trolls, Wendigos, Nymphs, and Huldrefolk to name a few. For the urban fantasy fans that are sick of vampires, angels, werewolves, fae, fairies, parasitic aliens, evil unicorns and mutants, well, get over it. All of those are in this series. JUST KIDDING! … More Primordial Realms Series: Caste System
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