Ten things playing D&D taught me about writing Fantasy Fight Scenes Growing up I loved Dungeons and Dragons. I played it with friends, and with my little brother and his friends. After I married I found RPG video games and between the two my life has been filled with fantasy and adventure. What I never…
Let me preface this by saying, I love beginner writers. Writers with that beautiful glow of inspiration. The sparkle in their eyes of hope and the faith that they will succeed. I wish I could bottle that energy and drink it every day! But I also see the other side of that as well. So…
So many times we hear, “I write to market” or the opposing view “Write your heart”. But what if you could do both? There is a market that never goes out of favor. It has people buying all year long, year after year after year and they buy it by the millions. If you could…
I found two awesome articles about Archetypes on C.S. Lakin’s blog and with her permission am sharing them for all you lovely people to see! Thank you so much C.S. for your insight and great resource! Here is the second article! 8 Key Female Archetypes to Consider for Your Novel Last week we took a…
I found two awesome articles about Archetypes on C.S. Lakin’s blog and with her permission am sharing them for all you lovely people to see! Thank you so much C.S. for your insight and great resource! Here is the first article! A Look at 8 Key Male Archetypes for Your Novel While we don’t want…
Waiting Out the Wall Many of you know that I am a prolific writer. I write daily, sometimes up to 10,000 words a day. I love writing and it loves me. Until, it doesn’t. I’ve been writing for about six years. I wrote my first book Dead Awakenings at 150,000 words in 30 days. The…
Hey Everyone! So there are many things you need to do for your book once you finish it. Now I know that your first draft is amazing. It’s perfect and doesn’t need to be touched but let’s think for a minute that maybe it does. Let’s think that maybe it could be made stronger, nipped,…
Is Research Necessary? Welcome to Writers Wednesday! When I think of doing research the first thing that springs to mind is a historical novel. But I have learn in writing a dystopian series as well as sci-fi that research can be necessary for just about anything you write. You hear people say all the time,…
Welcome back to Writers Wednesday! You know I started out not caring for blogging but over the last few months as I have started publishing the Writers Wednesday posts, I’ve really found that I enjoy talking about writing a bit. So I hope you are getting something out of my posts as much as I…
Showing Your Villains a little Love! How many times have you read a book, seen a movie or watched a TV Show and loved or absolutely hated the Villain? There is nothing better than a well played, well fleshed out villain who isn’t a cardboard cutout of what evil is supposed to look like. I’ve…
