Category: Writing
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Three uncommon fairy tales that would be hard to adapt as retellings
Shortly after I began work on The Witch and the Wyrm, I discovered a small problem: I was writing a retelling of a story nobody seemed to have heard of in the first place. It’s not the first time I’ve been made aware that my taste is a little niche,… Read the rest…
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How my book got too long
At the beginning of August, I made a decision regarding the next book in Spectrum Legacy. At the time, I had written about 45,000 words for Paragon of Shadow after working on it since Paragon of Light came out. I previously shared the fruit of my 15-day personal writing challenge,… Read the rest…
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How I outline my books with index cards
Over the past couple months, I’ve had multiple people ask how I do the outlining for my books. Rather than trying to explain in words, I figured it would help to show them my index card method. Despite it being a popular method for a lot of writers to use… Read the rest…
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April’s story prompt
At this month’s writer meeting, we spent a lot of time discussing short story structure. Building off of that, we did two prompts instead of just one. The first prompt used a three-sentence structure, explaining what each part of this tiny bit of flash fiction should do. First sentence: Establishes… Read the rest…
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Coming soon: The Witch and the Wyrm
So it’s finally time to talk about this one–the next book heading out for edits, while I sort out all my notes for book 5 of Spectrum Legacy. Coming this summer: The Witch and the Wyrm! The Witch and the Wyrm is a stand-alone fantasy romance story, and I’ll… Read the rest…
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Close, but far
I sat down for a long day of writing on the 25th. It was my first day writing after a week of being terribly sick, so I didn’t have high expectations, but my husband had given me the whole Saturday to myself (in exchange for a Saturday he took for… Read the rest…
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