So, our Twitter book club is reading The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin this month–which is the first of a high fantasy trilogy that came out about four years ago–and we all noticed something pretty quick. The book is
How Your Subconscious Affects Your Character Interactions
When I was editing Shards last year, I came to a realization about my own writing, and I’ve since talked to several other authors who have confirmed that this happens to them as well. As an author, you’re privy to
Betas’ Memory (and How Trappings Color Readers’ Experiences)
My family seems to be very slowly making their way through Shards. It seems like every week a different cousin or aunt or uncle is reading it, which is honestly a bit flattering, that everyone’s bothering. Last week my mother told me
Why I Like Dual Viewpoints
In the modern day trend of first person or single third person narratives, I sometimes feel left out because I tend toward dual viewpoints. (Sometimes I do write single third person. Sometimes I write first person. Sometimes I write more
Antagonist and Protagonist
Craft post today, Squiders. Protagonist, antagonist. Self-explanatory, right? Well, to some extent, yes. But let’s talk nuances. Your protagonist is the main driving character of your story. It is the person whose dilemma we care about the most. In most
Pi Day, What’s In a Name, and a ROW80 check-in
Happy Pi Day, squiders! As an ex-engineer, it is one of my favorite random math holidays. (I am also fond of Talk Like a Pirate day. Less math-related, though. But with more parrots.) As you guys know, I’m working on
Troublesome Characters
Last week I was flailing around, trying to figure out what I should write about, and a friend on Twitter suggested I write about troublesome characters. Here’s the thing, though. Writing is a highly complex art, with many necessary skill
Visualizing Characters
You know how you go to watch the movie-version of a book and you’re like, “This character doesn’t look anything like what I thought they would?” That rarely ever happens to me. I don’t know why, but when reading, I
No Happily Ever After
So, as has been mentioned previously, I’ve been making my way through Star Trek Deep Space Nine over the past few months. (I’m currently moving into the later part of Season 3. I am looking forward to Worf showing up
Fighting With the God of Thunder
I’m working on what I call my chainsaw edit of a paranormal romance novel (where I look at the overall structure of the novel and make all major changes to plot, character, flow, etc.) and I’ve found myself running into
