Author Interview: Kathryn Sue Moore
Hello, and welcome back for another author interview! This month I'm happy to interview a new member of the Great Lakes Chapter of American Christian Fiction Writers. Kathryn's debut novel released earlier this year, and she's hard at work on book two. Here's how she does it: Hi, and thanks [...]
The Nine Plots: Character vs. the Unknown
Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. It’s continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before. There is no better set-up for Character vs. the Unknown than the mission [...]
Book Review: There Will Be Stars by Billy Coffey
“IN A LIFE FULL OF LIES, HE FINALLY SETTLED FOR THE TRUTH.” No one in Mattingly ever believed Bobby Barnes would live to see old age. Drink would either rot Bobby from the inside out or dull his senses just enough to send his truck off the mountain on one [...]
Conference To-do List – Check, Check, Check! by Tanya Eavenson
How many of you will pitch a story at some point this year? Are certain terms and numbers—elevator pitch, thirty seconds, twenty-five words, hook—circulating your mind, making you dizzy? If so, you're not alone! There are several ways you can pitch to agents, editors, and publishers. Online in the form of a [...]
The Nine Plots: Character vs. Destiny
“It is your destiny.” The Emperor, Star Wars If you don’t want to limit your story to the relationships between characters, go for a big-picture theme. Consider writing the Character vs. Destiny plot line. Another of my favorites, this plot pits your main character against the abstract. At first [...]