by Autumn | Apr 22, 2016 | Games of Fire, The World of Myrrah, Tips, Writing
As I mentioned last week when I listed a brainstormed master plan on how to launch a book, this week I’ll let you know strategies I actually tried when I released Spark of Defiance at the end of March. As much as it is nice to do everything I mentioned last...
by Autumn | Apr 15, 2016 | Tips, Writing
Releasing a new book is exciting and nerve wracking. As an author, you’ve worked hard to craft an amazing story that readers will love. You hope. But really, you are never truly certain until you actually get the novel out to readers. And as much as everyone...
by Autumn | Mar 11, 2016 | Tips, Writing
You’ve done it before. I’ve done it before. You are editing and you hit the fifteenth time you’ve described the forest as dark. So you pull out the thesaurus and go with “gloomy,” or “shadowed.” Then move on. Really? Is that the best you’ve got? Writers get into word...
by Autumn | Feb 19, 2016 | Tips, Writing
At what point does a project take on a life of its own? Or, to phrase it another way, when do you know that a project has enough momentum that you will see it to completion? For me the tipping point is chapter 10. At chapter 10 the story and characters have developed...
by Autumn | Feb 5, 2016 | Tips, Writing
A review I read got me thinking about this question and I wanted to pose it to you because I think it is an interesting one. Do characters need to progress in the course of a novel? The review (and it was actually a good one. But no, I’m not linking up to it or even...
by Autumn | Jan 29, 2016 | Tips, Writing
It started because my editor said I couldn’t use the description “navy blue.” “Because,” she pointed out, “not every navy on earth even uses the same color of blue,” much less the possible armada in my fantasy world. She suggested I use “dark blue.” The proverbial...
