Story Easter Eggs
Something unique and special I love about books is finding the hidden hints authors weave in about the their muses, favorite people, or personally important things. Incorporating “Easter eggs” into your novel can create additional creative layers in your storytelling. Sometimes those allusions are really only for you and your inner circle, but for those […]
Types of Writers
It’s back to school time and I was thinking about that cafeteria map from Mean Girls and how it sort of relates to writing. Not the whole labeled cliques thing because we’re all one big, wordy family, but just that there are different types of writers. Everyone’s got a different way of writing and sometimes […]
The Endings
I never start writing before I know what the ending of the story will be. At least that’s the plan. When an idea strikes me, I work on research, outlines, subplots, characters and the like before writing the first word. Even still, endings cause the biggest trouble for me. Without fail. The idea I initially […]
NaNoWriMo: Lessons Learned
Another November has come and gone! This time around, I was able to prepare a few ideas for the month and spent the first several days testing them out. Shortly into writing, I knew my Underground Railroad Alternate History (think Civil War and Rip Van Winkle retelling…kinda) would be the best bet. On the 28th […]
Pitch Wars Mentee 2014
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