by Autumn | Feb 20, 2015 | Tips, Writing
I rarely suffer from prolonged periods of stalled writing where ideas hide in corners, and nothing will coax them closer than a fleeting glance before they are gone again. But I do suffer from hiccups: moments when I hit a wall with no visible way forward or when an...
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 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 | 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 | 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...
