by Autumn | Feb 13, 2015 | Book Review
I used to be a voracious reader – not an uncommon trait for many writers. What has slowed me down reading-wise the last few years in NOT simply that I’m busy writing. Rather it has been because I spent any reading time on books picked up as review swaps or...
by Autumn | Feb 6, 2015 | Tips, Writing
If you’ve read my writing or perused my blog, you know I write utilizing multiple POVs. I’ve created many personal rules for POV use. The POV has to be a main character (no one time chapters in a character’s point of view and then the reader never hears from them...
by Autumn | Jan 16, 2015 | Tips, Writing
Do you want to be the hero of your story, your life? I would expect that most people would say yes. That, to them, their life is about them, and not about playing a supporting role to someone else’s story. We experience life in first person. Every one of us. Even when...
by Autumn | Jan 9, 2015 | Friends of my Enemy, Writing
When I started this series of ‘What’s in a Genre’ I expected to be researching definitions to clarify what a reader expected when they chose a category. I didn’t realize how many genres would have such fuzzy boundaries! Military fiction is another of those. What I...
by Autumn | Jan 2, 2015 | Tips, Writing
I met a writer ages ago who described his writing process as planting seeds in the morning, and then weeding in the afternoon to see if he had any tomatoes (He was also an avid gardener!). His statement about his work method stuck with me. Write in the morning, edit...
