Category: Guest post/Interview
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Foreshadowing – a writing device sometimes misused
Another guest post! Today I’m reblogging a post by one of my fellow horse story writers. So exciting that she mentions my own books in her article! Thanks, Connie! Reading and Writing Devices – Foreshadowing. by Connie Peck A while back I was involved with a fairly tough critique partner who wrote in a vastly…
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Practical Advice for Beginning Fiction Writers
Today we have a guest post from Karin Rita Gastreich, author of Eolyn and High Maga. Practical Advice for Beginning Fiction Writers By Karin Rita Gastreich Enjoy the journey. Writing novels takes time. There’s no way to get around this, no magic wand that will spit out a full-length novel in a few weeks. True,…
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Why Knowing Your Setting is Important
Why Knowing Your Setting is Important by Phyl Manning No matter where on this planet you “set” your story, someone or twenty someones among your readers will have been in that exact place at that particular season/time/year. . . . and will have taken copious notes. And that’s fine—if you’ve been there, too, and recall…
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Courtney Vail: Interview
Courney Vail is the author of Kings & Queens and Death Calls. What do you do when you are not writing? I work as a freelance graphic designer and copywriter. I basically design covers and promotional materials and layout books for some publishers, artists and authors, and I also work as the advertising and public…