A lot of people have said a lot of things about plot, and I find it difficult to say anything different. But, as ever, I’m going to attempt it anyway. Many of the how to write books I’ve read define plot as conflict. The character wants something, something is stopping him achieving that, there is…
I do enjoy a good bargain, and having an e-reader has introduced me to the delight that is free books. You go on Amazon, put ‘free books in the kindle book store’ into the search box and get inundated by stuff to read. Ever wanted to read Les Miserables, but not quite enough to pay…
One of the advantages (or disadvantages? I’m not sure,) of self-publishing is the ability to continue to mess with a book even once it’s been published. At any rate, The Witch’s Boy continues to sell, slowly but steadily, on Amazon and on Smashwords, and I continue to be happy with my decision to go for…
confirms what I already thought – which is that I love this book. Seriously, I am so excited about this one. This is probably bad news because it’s been my experience so far that the stories I’ve loved the most haven’t necessarily been the ones other people liked, but there’s not much I can do…
Hee, well, the meat of this post is all in the title. But if anyone fancies going and voting for this, you can find the appropriate page here http://www.theromancereviews.com/bookvote.php And here’s the actual book page: http://glbt.theromancereviews.com/viewbooks.php?bookid=8562 I’m not too proud to beg 🙂
As with so many things, the germ of your worldbuilding is already present in the initial big idea. At least for me, the setting turns up as part of the inspiration. The big idea comes as a Hero Role A and Hero role B [do something] in [somewhere exotic]. So, a berserker and a bard…
Here’s a practice and a concept I hadn’t heard before until the vicar brought it up today in her sermon. You can see why. Kintsukuroi: When beautiful or beloved objects have been broken, this is a technique of repairing them with gold or silver lacquer, and understanding that they are more beautiful after they’ve been…
So, I’m hating having to write “Blue-Eyed Stranger”, that morris dancer/reenactor romance I mentioned. Possibly this is because the flu has settled into something bronchial and also blocked my sinuses. Possibly being knackered and ill and having the face of ache is enough to make me not want to work on this novella. But possibly…
*g* This rather delights me. I deliberately wrote False Colors with one hero who had to figure out a way of reconciling his Christianity with his homosexuality because it seemed clear to me that not enough people were telling readers that you could have both. To me it was fairly obvious that it was a…
For some reason, probably because Eldest is now at university and Youngest has never been known to remember birthdays or any other significant event without parental pressure, I was not expecting anyone to remember Mother’s Day this year. So imagine my shock and delight when they both collaborated to get me a present. Furthermore, it…
