By Lynda K. Scott March 26, 2014 Cecilia Dominic characters Italian cooking paranormal romance Guest - Cecilia Dominic Good Morning! It's Hump Day and we're going to celebrate it with a terrific post by Cecilia Dominic. I think all writers might app...
By Skylar Masey April 01, 2011 characters community rejections Walk writing Rejection...the Dreaded R Word As a writer I thought my skin had gotten harder...at least to rejections. Especially those of the generic kind. I mean I literally have a fi...
By Skylar Masey September 19, 2010 airport characters fiction omaha travel trip What'd You Say? Last weekend I got the joy of traveling to Omaha...yes, as in Nebraska, for business. I'd been to Arizona before, so this ranked as the ...
By Skylar Masey September 04, 2010 birthdays characters define funeral moments wedding Defining Moments In the past week, I've been busy. Unfortunately not because I've been writing. No, I'll chalk it up to life...which we all know ...
By Skylar Masey July 09, 2010 bad characters good villains You're Just So... Okay, I'll admit it...I'm one of those people. You know...authors who don't like to do bad things. Yes, I know every good deed m...
By Skylar Masey March 13, 2010 characters fantasy Green Mile military politics sci-fi Seeing Green I just got home from seeing Green Zone with friends (ex-military and civilians), and was reminded why I politely bow out of anything politic...
By Skylar Masey January 29, 2010 alpha males beta males characters directions readers writers Alpha or Beta? Alpha or Beta has long been a discussion in writers and readers circles. I found myself pondering what kind of man I needed on the way home ...
By Skylar Masey January 16, 2010 book characters endurance GMC Olympian writing Endurance, Endurance...Endurance One of the hardest things to do is start with the kernel of an idea. Many times when you're starting a project, you can't seem to na...
By Athena Grayson October 10, 2008 bad guys characters villains xandra Doing the Nasty Villains are a fun bunch. Every writer I talk to thinks so. I find them devilishly hard (pardon the pun), because my tendency goes to taki...
By Lynda K. Scott September 15, 2008 books characters Hell's Belles Jackie Kessler Lynda K. Scott writing Guest - Jackie Kessler Good morning everyone! This week's guest is Jackie Kessler, who will be discussing characters with us. Jackie is the author of the Hell ...
By Lynda K. Scott May 20, 2008 caring characters fighting kick ass heroines No wimps allowed Kick ass heroines are a popular breed now days. But I've heard some editors and some readers lamenting the fact that these intrepid gals...
By Skylar Masey February 29, 2008 characters hero heroine transformation Cool Characters Transform I’m most definitely one of those people that likes to sport one-liner t-shirts. You know the kind—I’ve Misplaced My Mind, That’s My Story an...
By Athena Grayson February 26, 2008 characters writing 101 xandra Voices In My Head One of the most fundamental aspects of crafting a story is who tells it in the first place. Or rather, who the story is about. They say th...
By Athena Grayson September 28, 2007 characters storytelling xandra Pwn3d! ...or...Whose Characters Are They, Anyway? I had a draft responding to this question in a blog conversation posted over here at Smart Bitche...
By Athena Grayson March 16, 2007 characters novellas xandra I Need a Hero...ine I've got the seeds for a WIP for another anthology traveling around in my head. One of the minor characters I got somewhat attached to ...