One of the earliest lessons I’ve learned as a writer was to “trust the reader.” In the beginning, I didn’t know what this meant. How do you trust a reader? Isn’t the point of you writing is to guide your reader through an experience? Well, yes, the keyword here being guide. What I’ve learned this means …
I wanted to take a quick break to share a link to a dear friend’s short story, Her Little Feather, which was written as part of a prompt we did a couple of months back (the prompt being mention of an architect, a fork, and the words, “Who needs friends?”). I’ll share the other prompts in a …
I may have mentioned this before, but my dear friend Julie Midnight’s paranormal erotica novella is finally out for sale on Amazon.com. You can see my review of it here: The atmosphere and writing is well done, the pacing is excellent. You don’t see this level of the writing craft very often. Get your copy …
If you peek into my Goodreads‘ profile (friend me, by the way!), you’ll notice that I read all across the board, not just fantasy. And…at least, it seems to me…my rating system seems to be all over the place. I’ve rated novels I’ve liked three stars, and novels that were frustrating to read four or …
One of the topics of conversation within my circle of friends the past weekend is hard work, and how hard work doesn’t always yield results. I have to remind myself about this lately. Writing triggers joint and muscle pains for me, so when I’m curled up in pain after writing 2.5 epic fantasy novels within …
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