Today the ultra-talented H.M. Jones, author of the dark fantasy MONOCHROME, joins us with some insight into world building and some advice from fellow author Tamora Pierce. One of the most asked questions I get from both readers and fellow writers is about world building. Readers love to hate the world of Monochrome (my dark fantasy), and that truly fills… Read More
Believe it or not, Christmas is coming. This holiday seems to spring upon us with no warning, and it will apparently always take us by surprise. Regardless of where we are at in the course of a year, I know with absolute certainty what the author in your life wants for Christmas. Book reviews. While these are the best gifts… Read More
Unpopular opinion? I hate adverbs. The girl I used to teach next to, back in the day, had a sign in her classroom that read: “Said is dead.” While I don’t disagree there are other ways to indicate someone is speaking, I think “said” gets the job done. To be honest, my biggest issue with the classroom poster was how… Read More
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is just around the corner. If you’re new to the month of writing madness, it can be far too easy to fall behind before November 1st. My first mistake when I signed up for NaNoWriMo last year was that I had no writing routine. I simply thought “I’ll write whenever I get a chance each… Read More