Will All the Techies Please Stand Up?

TAKE ME IN YOUR HEART was the first novel where I tried my hand at being a mad scientist. In fact, I created a scientist, who embodied a per...

The Market for SFR

Since I mostly write SFR (science fiction romance) the science in my stories is very important. Not that I dump vast quantities of science f...

A Few Tips On Writing That I Use

So many here have already written about characters, and I reckon in the past I've warbled on enough about what I like to see in my chara...

The Right Blend

And no, I'm not talking about coffee beans. I wish I were. I love coffee. What I'm talking about is the blend between romantic sto...

Guest Blogger - Linda Wisdom

Good morning everyone!This week we've got my friend, a lovely lady and a fantastic writer, guesting with us. Her book, 50 WAYS TO HEX YO...

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...

Torturing the truth out of the character

I’m always in the market for a new way or an improved way to create characters. I love seeing all these tips this week (and I’m making notes...

Tip Sheets

Up until a few months ago, I really didn’t give character creation much thought. [That sounds bad, I know] but my characters seemed to just ...