(This post was featured on Fictorians on June 19th. All last month, we talked about small presses and publishing. Check out this post there, along with the other great Fictorians […]
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Hopefully you’re having a barbecue. This month the Fictorians are discussing what makes different novels stand out, and why you can recognize a particular author’s works, […]
Why does the hero usually benefit from a group of friends to support them, while the villain seems to go it alone, surrounded by toadies, henchmen, and often monstrous servants, […]
Which scene evokes more tension? 1 – Two master martial artists dueling in a high-flying contest of furious fists? 2 – A child trying to hold a door closed against […]
Happy New Year! As we discuss new beginnings this month in the Fictorians, I’m talking about those times when you must begin at the beginning – again – when to […]
A lot of people travel during the holidays, and many of us focus on how efficiently we can get from point A to point B. How many times is the […]
In my family, we love good stories. We’re avid readers, and we also love to go to the movies. Film adaptations of beloved books pose a unique challenge. Generally we […]
I’m going to write a story where the world is on the brink of destruction. Few people, if any, will survive. Simple enough. And dark enough to fit this month’s […]
(This post is featured on the Fictorians site. Check out other great posts for September dealing with handling setbacks and managing damage control) We’ve already had great posts about dealing […]
This post is featured at the Fictorians. Check out all the other double-nickel stories this month. There are some great ones. I love the challenge of this month’s theme. It […]