Skip to content After an extremely shaky start, I’m *just* ahead of my writing schedule at fourteen thousand and something words. This one is more difficult to create as opposed to it’s precursor, but I’m not focusing on that today. Today is all about WriMo fuel. In order to push through your first draft*, your brain to needs … Read more
Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday. Today’s question: You’re packing for a month on a deserted island. What, as a reader and writer, must … Read more
TGIF, Lurkdom. It’s a balmy 70-something in Boston with humidity that can make the flattest hair rival that of a French Poodle. A huge-ass rainstorm is on it’s way and the sky is this awful dishwater gray. Basically, it’s depressing. What better way to get undepressed than to think about the happy. Four Friday: Happiness … Read more
Now with television references! As a participant of The Great Blogging Experiment (you should read the experiment name in a loud announcer voice), I’m supposed to talk about creating compelling characters. The most important thing to remember is that your characters can’t be one dimensional. They all need to have some depth that helps them … Read more
Sorry for the radio silence yesterday, but work deadlines encroach. It’s been a while since I’ve talked about Phantasma, and I blame lack of communication from Tasma’s new teacher.Still, I know she has fans in the Lurkdom. Because of that reason and because I love you all, I present Four For Friday: Little Phantasma Tuesday … Read more