What’s in a Name?
I’ve seen a lot of writers chatting about naming characters lately and thought this would be a timely post. Naming a character is like naming a child. You riffle through options until the right one sticks out and you just know it’s a match. After all, that’s what you’ll be calling them forever. Literally. There’s […]
The Writing Olympics
The Summer Olympics got me thinking. In a way, writing has its own Olympic events. That’s right, there are different skills a writer endures that are at such a high level of difficulty, toying with them is certainly not for the faint of heart. Yet, while the Olympics choose its participants, writing indiscriminately offers obstacles […]
Dystopian Sketch
Staring at the dried waterhole, I can feel my tongue drying out with the last hope for water. The planet’s dead. And so are most of its inhabitants. That’s what we get for using all its resources. Pure selfishness, really. Touching the clay basin, the remnants of moisture collecting on my fingertips, I can tell […]
Query Contests – Are You Armed And Ready?
In a month of crazy contests every week or so, I thought this was very timely! Please enjoy this wonderful guest post by Kat Ellis on query contest! You’ve got your manuscript polished to a gleam, and maybe you’ve sent your query out to some agents. Maybe you’ve even been through a few online crit rounds to […]
Pitch Wars Mentee 2014
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