It’s June. Will You Marry Me?
Ah June… Since my birthday is in June I thought first I would expound on the wonders of who I am… but I figured I would have too little time. But hey, we can still work together to declare my birthday a national holiday. HAHAHA Then I thought of talking [...]
The Middle: Your Story
To put it simply, the middle of your novel is the story. You’ve set the stage, burned your bridge, and now you’re ready to tell the story (using as few cliches as possible, please). There’s no set length for the middle. There’s no standard point-of-view. It’s just a stack of [...]
Blogging Basics: People Judge Books By Their Covers
I’m a writer, so I should know better, but I still judge books by their covers. I’ve picked up books simply because of their bright colorful covers. I’ll read a weird looking book, but only if it’s highly recommended. The same is true for blogs. If I click [...]
The Middle, but first…
You’ve written a great intro, caught the reader’s attention and are ready to move to the bulk of the story - the middle. Before you get there, however, you need to cross a bridge … then burn it. Before you can show me everything that happens between the hero and [...]