by Allyson Lindt | Mar 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
The last two days have been an amazing whirlwind. Yesterday afternoon and last night…epic for my brain. I shall elaborate ^_^When I started the whole character guest post thing, I had no idea where it would go. I didn’t know how I was going to do it, or...
by Allyson Lindt | Mar 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’m old school internet. As in, LOL was part of my rhetoric before most people knew what AOL was. It also means I’m not a stranger to the epic world of online dating. I met guys online and then in person Before it was socially acceptable, and While it was...
by Allyson Lindt | Mar 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
“If mentally stimulating is attractive, and you cease to be mentally stimulating…” Mackenzie trailed off, letting the unsaid words hang in the air between them. Slogging through my #MarNo story – having a hard time with a specific scene. But I...
by Allyson Lindt | Mar 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
I stumbled on this at about 2 am. Which is insane because I have to be up to get ready for work at five. Or six. Or maybe seven. Anyway…I thought it was perfect becauseI just finished week 1 of MarNo along with a great group of authors, and I can use that pieceI...
by Allyson Lindt | Mar 4, 2011 | Character Guest Post, TLIF
Scott’s back. Don’t ask. Long week. Not a bad week, but one that…you know what? It doesn’t matter, just trust me. Diving into my coffee, and then trying to figure out how to summarize my novel. Shooting for 20 submissions before the end of the...
by Allyson Lindt | Mar 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
*Praise Thor it’s Thursday. (Mostly because it makes for an awesome acronym).AKA: Someone motivate us, please?Previous titled: Stuff itWhy do our characters do stuff? Work they job they do, talk to the other characters, decide running away from the cops at...
by Allyson Lindt | Mar 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Day 2 of #MarNo, and I have written half a chapter total. I’m in a good mood this morning, which meant I had no idea what I was going to blog about. Weird, right?But my boss is good to me, and gave me the perfect topic. Not intentionally…but still. His...
by Allyson Lindt | Mar 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
*waves* Hi, new followers! I don’t know how you found me but I’m glad you’re here ^_^I realized yesterday as I sifted throgh my blog archives that while my catchy post titles amuse me, they do me about 0% good (okay, maybe 2%) when I want to go back...
by Allyson Lindt | Feb 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Everyone has a list in their head of what they feel to be the rules of writing. You know, things like:Try and avoid naming main characters with similar names. For instance, Max and Mackenzie are not the best names for your two female leads.Adverbs are the spawn of...
by Allyson Lindt | Feb 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
Tara is hosting this beauty, so go visit her blog and read everyone’s entries. Here’s what she has to say: you write me a hot and steamy kissing scene! The thing about this scene is, though…that you have to try not to turn it into an...
