For the Love of Writing

It’s been a while since I blogged, and I thought I’d start blogging regularly again. The idea for this 3-part blog series came to me r...

Decisions, decisions… Characters have to make decisions—ones that set them on a journey at the start of the novel—otherwise there would be...

Sacrifice. For such a simple word, it carries a lot of power. And that’s what your own character’s sacrifice should do—be powerful, even if...

So you’re thinking of creating a fantasy race for your novel? As discussed in part one of this series , you choose the physical aspects o...

Anyone who reads even a little bit of fantasy knows that fantastic or mystical races are a common element to the genre, easily as common a...

Oh, yeah. Dialogue. For most of us, it's the deal-breaker in a novel. You can have a great plot, lots of action, great locations, well...

Earlier in the week my FTLOW sister ReeVera did a post on identifying your hero , listing attributes that make a character a hero, as well ...