by Autumn | May 13, 2016 | Tips, Writing
Floundering. I won’t say writer’s block, but I will admit that when I started my current WIP the flow came in drips and drabs. I dreaded starting a new chapter because I just didn’t have a good sense of what was going to happen. Or what should...
by Autumn | Aug 21, 2015 | Games of Fire, Tips, Writing
I wonder if you reacted to that bit of advice to write a short bad book the way I did, which was “No way!” It isn’t my advice. It belongs to the awesome and well known author Philip Athans. I rejected the idea almost without reading his blog post (which you can find...
by Autumn | Jul 17, 2015 | Tips, Writing
As a reader, one of my favorite things is entering a new world that feels like it existed, in all of its glorious complexities, far before I opened the book housing it. I feel like a discoverer of a lost or hidden world. In other words, the setting feels real. Isn’t...
by Autumn | Apr 24, 2015 | Writing
Many authors write in multiple genres – often using pen names and different websites (which will be a topic on a future post!). But there is more to switching between books of different genres than keeping the characters and storylines straight. Genres contain...
by Autumn | Mar 27, 2015 | Tips, Writing
I think non-writers would be surprised at how many words are cut from a novel. I won’t say wasted, because I do think that practicing wordsmithing – even if the practice never sees the light of day – is ever a waste. But that isn’t to say that...
