Happy New Year all! First, I am so thrilled to share the money raised toward the Pearl S. Buck Welcome House Adoption Program. For two weeks in December, I promised to donate $1 from each book sale of A Human Element, print or ebook. With your help I sold 71 books and am donating $71 to this wonderful program! Thank you!
Now here's a look back at 2012!
Top visited guest posts on my blog in 2012:
#1 Allison Brennan: How to knock off your characters
New York Times and USA Today bestselling Read more [...]
Still lots of good stuff to report on from the Philadelphia Writer’s Conference June 3-5!
More notes on character – presented by Gregory Frost, Author of ShadowBridge and many more works.
Grab readers in your first para with the MC's voice. Create image of MC in our mind from the get-go.
Don’t rely heavy on character description. We need their voice to build character in our mind.
Don’t give reader everything in building character.
Don’t stop the “movie” to explain. Avoid all urges Read more [...]
Back from the Philadelphia Writer’s Conference June 3-5. Lots of good stuff to report on! I will post hot tips and techniques over the next week on what I learned during this past weekend from a round of excellent presenters.
On Character – presented by Gregory Frost, Author of ShadowBridge and many more works.“You paid for this pain” – quote on his critiquing our work.
Darn right.
All good fiction is 3D
Desire + Danger = Drama
The danger part is the impediment – add it. Get Read more [...]