I’ve made my thousandth tweet, so I’m feeling more experienced about Twitter. I thought I’d pass on the things I’ve learned so far. DMs (direct messages): These are really only for someone with whom you have a pre-existing connection on…
Monthly Archives: July 2015
Interview with Margaret Lesh
Margaret Lesh is the author of the novels Normalish, Mr. Katz is a Zombie, and Finding a Man For Sylvia, as well as her memoir Let Me Get This Off My Chest: A Breast Cancer Survivor Over-Shares. She believes tacos are…
Interview with Stephanie Bibb Flint
Stephanie Flint is the author of 1000 Words: A Collection of Short Stories (written under her maiden name, Stephanie Bibb), and Ashes, a prequel short story. She writes fantasy and science fiction. Her next book, Magic’s Stealing, will be available…
Tagged with: 1000 words, Ashes, Brandon Sanderson, Cathleen Townsend, interview, Magic's Stealing, Stephanie Bibb, Stephanie Flint, writing
Posted in Author Interviews
Posted in Author Interviews
Antagonist–What Kind Do You Have?
Your antagonist is extremely important to your story. The antagonist must be enough of a threat to bring your protagonist to his/her knees, to cause them to grow beyond what they could have ever done otherwise. Antagonists can be of…
Tagged with: antagonist, Cathleen Townsend, conflict, natural disaster, rival, self, villain
Posted in Writing
Posted in Writing
Interview with Jo Zebedee
Jo Zebedee writes science fiction and fantasy, sometimes in her space opera world of Abendau, sometimes in her native Northern Ireland. In between, she works, runs after kids, pets and a husband, not always in that order. Abendau’s Heir, book…
Tagged with: Abendau's Heir, Cathleen Townsend, character, Inish Carraig, interview, Jo Zebedee, research, science fiction
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Posted in Author Interviews
Getting Started on Twitter
Twitter is the easiest social media to get started in, and it’s definitely got the cutest graphic. It’s all about communicating in 140 characters or less. At first this floored me. How could I possibly say anything meaningful in 140…
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Posted in Twitter
What Do You Do When You Hit a Wall?
If you’ve been writing for any amount of time, it’s happened to you. You’re cranking along, a blissful conduit for the story flowing through you. It’s awesome. It’s the most incredible feeling in the whole world. And then, SCREECH! It…
Tagged with: agency, beta reader, Cathleen Townsend, conflict, protagonist, story stalling, story structure, writing
Posted in Writing
Posted in Writing
Interview with Christy Nicholas
Christy Nicholas is the published author of Ireland: Magical, Mythical, Mystical, and Scotland: Stunning, Strange, and Secret. Her upcoming book, Legacy of Hunger, will be available August 1016. What was the funniest mistake or incident you had because you are…
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Writing PoC Characters
Isn’t she adorable? I found her picture while cruising websites for images to add to my blog, although I think she’ll be much more than that. I want her to be a character in a novel–something with a fairy-tale feel.…
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