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Writing: How to bring your protagonist to life
One of my blog friends just found a wonderful, generous group of fellow writers who critiqued her manuscript. There’s nothing as wonderful as writer friends. Their main comment: her protagonist was...
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Writing: How do you make it immediate?
Recently, I finished a first draft of an Enoch/Fallen Angels novella that I want to do something with–not sure what yet. I’ve thought about putting it online for free–which I can’t do at amazon unless...
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Writing: Getting it on the page
I finished my rewrites for Blood Lust, the third Fallen Angels novel. It’s an urban fantasy, but I tried for fewer big battles in the book and for more tension between Enoch (the protagonist) and Feral...
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Writing: grateful sigh:)
I finally finished the rewrites that my agent asked for. One of my critique friends asked to see them before I send them to Lauren, so they’re not on their way yet, but they’re done. And that feels...
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Writing–ready to go
My third Fallen Angels novel, BLOOD LUST, will be online soon. Michael Prete at http://vertex10.com/ is designing another cover for me, but I used this image to help me create Feral. Interesting...
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Writing: being a hero isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
I just finished the final polish for my new Babet & Prosper novella. This story features Babet’s father, Gazaar. He was a warrior angel before Lucifer and his band of rebels were thrown into the...
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Writing: Is enough “worse” enough?
Every writer’s heard the advice, “Things can always get worse.” But every once in a while, for me, enough is enough. I don’t need to have my protagonist bloodied to a pulp before I turn the last page...
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Writing: Story Arcs
I’ve mentioned before that when I started writing urban fantasy, I wasn’t too sure of what direction to go in, so I used a sort of shotgun approach that might not have been as efficient as I’d thought....
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Writing: What motivates your character? Does it work?
First off, I have a summer cold, so if ideas don’t always blend together in this blog, my head’s a little fuzzy. But here goes: I just finished reading a book that I loved, but sometimes, I had to MAKE...
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Writing: the elusive tease
I just finished reading The Awakening: Book One of the Judas Curse, by Angella Graff. The book mixes Mark and Judas from the Bible with Greek gods–an intriguing idea, at least to someone like me, who...
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Rewrites–Oh, the joy!
I’ve stepped away from my novel long enough to be able to look at my critique partners’ comments and plunge into rewrites. I’m no longer as fond of my words, my chapters, my “babies.” I’m ready to dig...
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Rewrites as you go: wrong? Not for me!
I just finished rewrites on the first fourth of my WIP. I’ve heard all of the advice: “Don’t edit as you go.” “Let the words and ideas flow.” “Write while you’re drunk; edit while you’re sober.” Those...
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Writing: My Experiment
I’ve put up 12 free chapters on my webpage for Babet & Prosper’s short novel RIVER CITY RUMBLE. I have at least nine more chapters plotted. It might go longer. And I have to say, this has been...
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Plot to Story
I blogged about how I rewrite last week and mentioned that I use plot points to keep myself on track. A fellow writer asked how I turn an outline into a finished draft. I might make a muddle of...
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The Thing About Urban Fantasy
Okay, I did it! I promised to post one chapter a week for a short urban fantasy novel until it was finished. And I made it. I posted the last chapter on Friday. Once it was up, I spent the rest of...
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Things Can Always Get Worse
I like to think of myself as a nice person. True, I don’t mind killing people in my stories, but most of them deserve to die, and that’s part of tension and conflict, right? We’ve all heard over and...
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Time to pee in a cup
I wanted to share this snippet earlier, but when I sat in front of my computer (and yes, this is a brain fart moment), I couldn’t remember which scene I was looking for in OPPOSITES DISTRACT. (Carl...
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Confidence: where do you get it?
It’s odd yakking about my books, because book 3 hasn’t even come out yet, but right now, I’m busy working on book 5 of my Mill Pond romances. My brain is full of Miriam and Joel, but no one’s met...
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Gearing up for NaNoWriMo (well, not me)
I’ve never tried NaNoWriMo, (National Novel Writing Month), an annual event that takes place every November, but a lot of writers participate in it. In the old fable, NaNo writers would be the hare,...
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Girls are NOT sugar and spice
I wrote a blog a while ago about character flaws. Something I don’t think about much. I think of strengths and weaknesses–what are you good at, prone to, and what do you have to work at, try to...
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