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...
by Autumn | Dec 19, 2014 | Writing
I wrote in a previous post that I was surprised to find After the War, the first book of my newest trilogy contained more romance elements than sci fi. But would I call the novel a dystopian romance? Should that mishmash of genres even should exist?! To answer that...
by Autumn | Dec 12, 2014 | Writing
My recent two week vacation to Peru was my first as a serious writer. By that I mean a writer who writes or edits every day. With two novels currently in the works and a third mid-way through edits, vacation became not only a debate about leaving my day job for 14...
by Autumn | Dec 8, 2014 | Friends of my Enemy, Games of Fire, Writing
In Ty’s ‘day before the novel begins’ story found in the Born of Novel Companion, he returns home to Myrocene to find nothing is as he remembers it or at least it doesn’t fit the way he remembers it. But really, home hasn’t changed. He...
by Autumn | Nov 14, 2014 | Friends of my Enemy, Tips, Writing
I almost titled this post The Importance of Plotting, but really it is simpler than that. And I don’t want to turn off pantsers! 😉 I mentioned on my Facebook page last week that I’d finished the first read through of After the War, book 1 of my dystopian series...
by Autumn | Nov 7, 2014 | Friends of my Enemy, Writing
Continuing my series of defining genres, in the hopes of finding the correct market for my dystopian WIP Friends of my Enemy, I thought I’d check out what it takes to be labeled science fiction this week. Friends of my Enemy is set in our near future. The short...
by Autumn | Oct 31, 2014 | Friends of my Enemy, Tips, Writing
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I loved discovering a new series when I was a teenager. I was a voracious reader, easily devouring a paperback in a few days between school work and classes. And if it was a weekend… a book might not last a day. So finding a series...
by Autumn | Oct 24, 2014 | Born of Water, Games of Fire, Rule of Fire, Spirit of Life, The World of Myrrah, Writing
Continuing my series on defining genres, I’m switching from my dystopian WIP to my other work-in-progress, Games of Fire. This is a new epic fantasy trilogy and I’m in the first third of book 1, Spark of Defiance. But why do I call it and the Rise of the Fifth Order...
by Autumn | Oct 17, 2014 | Born of Water, Friends of my Enemy, Rule of Fire, Spirit of Life, The World of Myrrah, Writing
“Damn,” Jared said as the last of his breath exited in awe. “I don’t think I’ve seen a city so beautiful even before the world went to shit. Do we have to blow it up?” There is the perception out there that every character is a piece of the author or, perhaps, aspects...
by Autumn | Oct 10, 2014 | Writing
Continuing in my exploration of what genre(s) to label my next release, I decided to tackle dark fantasy. I like the sound of dark fantasy. It evokes the image of dark forests with ominous castles silhouetted in gloomy moonlight while a tragic plot line unfolds. That...
