Are You Progressively Tense?
Here’s our next look at tenses. If you missed last week’s post, review this first so you can understand what…
Characters in Novels That Are Allies and Reflections
We’ve been looking at secondary characters in novels these past few weeks, and there is so much more to say…
Nailing Genre by Studying Successful Authors
I’m going to talk a bit about craft in some of these Writing for Life posts since they are off…
Tenses Don’t Have to Be Intense
You took those English grammar classes in school, and you really don’t want to suffer through them again, do you?…
The Nemesis Character Type in Your Story
Novels need a cast of characters, and developing rich secondary characters is a pillar of novel construction that cannot be…
Using Life’s Hardships to Make You a Better Writer
Today’s guest post is by fantasy author Ashley Carlson: “I’ve been thinking lately, about our relationship,” she said, studying her…
What about Those Techy Terms?
I would be remiss if I didn’t spend a moment going over hyphenation as it applies to technology-related words. This…
The Cast of Characters in a Novel
Last week we started looking at secondary characters in a novel. I often see characters populating a story that seemed…
The Editorial Burden That Weighs on the Author
In 1957, an editor at Lippincott publishing house received a manuscript on her desk from an unknown author who had…