My Conflict Mix for NaNoWriMo
It’s October and outside the leaves are turning after our premature bought of freezing weather. Inside, I’ve become more serious about planning for my sixth NaNoWriMo. NaNo has become more Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: fantasy
The Struggle Between Burnout and Inspiration
My mind is in the middle of an intersection at the moment where they forgot to install a traffic signal and there’s been a massive pileup. I’ve done little but Continue Reading →
Hyper Creativity
And so it begins… My novel planning process initates with tiny pieces swirling around in my head. At a certain point critical pieces come together, the accumulation of dust and Continue Reading →
Passing Worldbuilding Through the Magic System Filter
Magic systems. They’re central to fantasy no matter what your brand of fantasy is. Writing down what you develop to keep the system consistent is advice I’ve stressed countless times. Continue Reading →
Experiment on the Horizon
Yet again NaNoWriMo is on the horizon. It’s still over two months away, but it’s the thinking now that leads to formal preparation in October. This year might be my Continue Reading →
Worldbuilder
It was her world, that made it special. The first world she’d built, in the beginning, was but a pinpoint of light in the darkness. It expanded in her mind, Continue Reading →
The Power of Story Memories
Memories. In a story they serve many purposes. Often they’re backstory, but if presented just right they work as mysteries. They can also be a window into a character’s heart, Continue Reading →
One Location Leads to Another and Back Again
It’s amazing the strange routes my mind takes on the way to exploring a part of my world. Back in November, 2015, and after finishing my second NaNo project, I Continue Reading →
A Pentalogy is Born
My Riparia Dellbane series will be five novels. There, I’ve said it and I’m going to stick to it. In my gut I’ve known for awhile, but today, as I Continue Reading →
A Double-Dose of Dumb Luck
Sometimes, it’s just dumb luck that I get something right. The entire time I’ve been editing Bk2, A River in Each Hand, I’ve been thinking exactly that. Actually, it was Continue Reading →