TLIF – Looking for Fantasy Recs.

by | Sep 16, 2011 | Uncategorized

One of the classes I attended at RMFW was about how to choose genre for a book. Outside of the agent/editor panels, it was the best session I went to. The speaker was fantastic, and she had some great tips on how to narrow down the genre of your novel.One thing she...

At the Core of the Character

by | Sep 15, 2011 | Uncategorized

As I fell asleep to ‘Thor’ (which kind of bummed be out because I love all the scenes in Asgard, especially if they have Loki in the, and I like the ending, and blah, blah, blah, but anyway), I had this repeating thought in my head. It wasn’t related...

Focus, and…pitch

by | Sep 14, 2011 | Uncategorized

I was talking to Charity Bradford yesterday, (go check out her blog, you won’t be disappointed), because one – she had some great thoughts on yesterday’s post and two – because my pitch is up for critique today over at Unicorn Bell. The focus...

"What’s your story about?"

by | Sep 13, 2011 | Uncategorized

I attended the RMFW (Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers) Gold Conference this weekend. This was not my first conference, but it was my first writers conference. It was probably the most diverse group of people I’ve ever seen, especially considering there were only...

Active, Passive, who did what to whom?

by | Sep 12, 2011 | Uncategorized

Sometime this week I’m going to share my story of my very first every pitch session with a literary agent. One, because it made me giddy, but two because it’s one of those things that’s kind of nerve wracking, and I figure it might be helpful to...

Travel Plans

by | Sep 7, 2011 | Uncategorized

I was a very inexperienced traveller when I was younger. I think as a family, we went on vacation outside the state once when I was growing up. And I was maybe…five or six. We went to Disney Land, and I remember the holographic projections on the rides being the...

TLIF – The Game is (not) Currently Offline

by | Sep 6, 2011 | TLIF

Thank you everyone for the thoughts and ideas and motivation :-)Instead of my normal rambling, I’m going to share a story from Ay today. A little bit of background, for those of you who don’t know, we’ve been addicted to an MMORPG called Mabinogi for...

TLIF – It’s All A Matter of Opinion

by | Sep 6, 2011 | TLIF

This is something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. Mostly because I just discoverd it about myself. However, Teralyn Rose Pilgram had a post yesterday about a similar subject, and rather than blog on her blog, I thought I’d expand on the thought...

Expectations in Story-telling

by | Sep 6, 2011 | Uncategorized

Have you ever read the Terms of Use or End User License Agreement that comes with the software you use? That little box that you have to accept whenever you install/use a new program on your computer?The language always varies, but the underlying message is pretty...

The Unshakable Dark Cloud

by | Sep 1, 2011 | Uncategorized

I’m going to do something I very rarely do. I’m going to let my inner demons speak. Probably not a good idea, but…I’ve been pondering things lately. Writing things. What makes a good story. What makes a good writer. That kind of stuff.You know,...