Six Sentence Sunday – February 13
I just found out about this nifty site called Six Sentence Sunday that has writers post links to blog or website entries where they put up six sentences from a work in progress, or something they recently sold, or even a book that’s available for sale. What a fun way to see what people are working on! I’ve decided to put up six sentences from Heart of Gold, a WIP that’s about two-thirds of the way through its first draft. It’s a gaslight fantasy romance, set in a world...
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I can tell there’s a shift going on. First off, I changed my hair color (which means those author photos I spent all that money on are now out of date, but oh, well). It’s actually still not quite where I want it to be — I have a follow-up hair appointment next week — but still, it’s a change I decided to make and followed through with. Erik and I have been talking about moving, which for anyone who knows us might sound as if it’s coming out of the blue,...
Read MoreEpiphanies
It’s been a long time since I posted here. There are numerous reasons for this, the main one being that I’ve just had more important things to do. It’s probably no secret that most writers (except the biggies and the ones with a decent backlist) have to work a “real” job to pay the rent. I had several big projects to handle this summer, as well as getting an ongoing freelance editing gig that pretty much takes up half my day. In a lot of ways, I’m very lucky...
Read MoreThat pesky point of view
Point of view refers to the character or characters from whose vantage point we witness the events that take place in a novel or other work of fiction. Sounds simple enough, right? But choosing which p.o.v. to use can impact your storytelling more than almost any other authorial decision you make. This tends to be an unconscious decision for me; I’m a character-driven writer, so in almost every case I’ve had the main character tell me which point of view she wants her story...
Read MoreHere we go again
Latest person to board the fanfiction wank train: Diana Gabaldon. It seems one of these rants manages to percolate through the blogosphere about once a year. I don’t know if there’s a set timetable for these sorts of things or not, but they do crop up on a regular basis. Unfortunately, fanfiction is one of those things people will probably never agree on; trying to find an accord between the opposing camps is a little bit like trying to get the Democrats and Republicans to find...
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