The first novel of the Witchland series is ALMOST HERE! Join me to celebrate the launch of Truthwitch! Starting tomorrow, I’ll be discussing stuff like best friends, new years resolutions, and of course, fantasy books, tv and movies! And all in the spirit of Truthwitch, of course! There’ll be free prizes! And fun parties! And did I mention the free prizes?? 😏 The […]
This is the third post in this series on crafting characters. To recap, here are the components I consider when crafting my characters–and these are in order of importance: Voice Desperate need Backstory/history Behavioral/speaking quirks Looks/physical quirks Today we’re discussing backstory and history. Now, I’m sure many of you are wondering WHY history/backstory is #3 on my list. I […]
Last week, I got a tough question in the Misfits & Daydreamers forum: I usually have a beginning and middle, but endings are torture for me. I can never ever find one that lives up to my standards or really fits with my vision. Some writers just have an ending in mind and I don’t […]
I know I was supposed to give you guys the final steps of the Productivity Pyramid this week, but I found out rather suddenly that we were going to announce my new book deal today (instead of later this spring, as planned)…so DUH, new book deals took precedence!! Of course, learning we were going to announce […]