The Nine Plots: Character vs. God
Not the most common novel theme out there, I imagine the Character vs. God plot line was most likely inspired by the Old Testament book of Job. This plot has three basic elements: your character comes face-to-face with God, they interact, and your character walks away a changed man. The [...]
Published a New Book? Send a Press Release – On Sale Now!
Did you sign a four-book contract with a major publisher? Has your newest release just hit the book stores? Will you be speaking at a local writers event? Then brag about it! Stop waiting and hoping for people to notice you – send an effective press release that will get people’s [...]
Foreshadowing Done Right with Carole Brown
How was I to know our destinies would forever be entwined together? If I’d but have known what would happen, I’d never have agreed to meet him at that café. As a rebellious teenager, I didn’t realize what would happen to me. As an adult, I should have known and [...]
Book Review: No Other Will Do by Karen Witemeyer
Men are optional. That's the credo Emma Chandler's suffragette aunts preached and why she started a successful women's colony in Harper's Station, Texas. But when an unknown assailant tries repeatedly to drive them out, Emma admits they might need a man after all. A man who can fight--and she knows [...]
The Nine Plot: Character vs. Himself
Self-discovery. Self-discipline. Self-anything-you-can-think-of. When you’re writing a novel, the ‘self’ prefix is the foundation of the Character vs. Himself plot. The essence of the Character vs. Himself: the inner struggle. There may be many difficult circumstances in the character’s life, but the heart of the issue is the battle he [...]