Howdy, howdy, squiders. I got a flat tire today, which is a pain in the ass. Siiiiiigh. Hole in the sidewall, so no repairs for me. But anyway. WriYe’s September prompt is: What type of characters do you like writing?
WriYe and Characters
haHA we have caught up. Good job, team. August’s prompt is: What character type always appears? We’ve talked about character archetypes here on the blog before. But I suspect what the question is actually asking is what sorts of characters
The Plan for November (and the Revision)
Happy November, squiders! Or IS IT. (I don’t know. Just being dramatic.) I went to the Nano kick-off party, as I said I might, and I got three years worth of stickers, talked to some lovely people, was a unicorn,
Stories I’d Like to Write: Nakama
I first found the term “nakama” in one of my favorite anime/manga: Bleach. Back when I was really into the series, I followed this website, where the community would translate the chapters into English as they were released in Japan,
Meet the Crew of the Hope’s Redemption
I made a huge mistake, squiders. I was like, oh, well, we’ve talked about the ship, and we’ve talked about the world, so maybe we should talk about the characters! And I should find pictures of the characters, so everyone
WriYe and Character Names
Time’s gotten away from me today, squiders, so we get November’s blog prompt instead of what I had planned, and hopefully we’ll get there next week. Nano is still going well! I do feel a little wander-y, here, and not
Literary Namesakes
My sister recently dropped off a book for me to read (along with some llama socks and a Totoro keychain, woot woot) that featured her name in the title. Me: “Did you pick this up just cuz the main character
Working with an Ensemble Cast
I’m to the climax of the space dinosaur book, which is exciting! And also scary, because I’m trying out fencepost outlining for this particular project (basically, you identify the major plot points for your arcs–first plot point, midpoint, second plot
How to Picture Characters
Good news, squiders! I did not have to go to jury duty today! (Obviously.) (Also, I wanted to note that I put The Wanderer as MG historical in my box of books post, and it is straight MG. Not sure why I thought it was
Language Barriers in Speculative Fiction
Hey hey, so apparently I was going to write this post two years ago, got as far as “WOO” and never went back to it. Good job on focusing, me. Language barriers are something common that you find in science
