Savvy Author Lynn Johnson had a great post this week about editing for emotion. Her first paragraph spoke to me. You imagine the scene in your head then write it but somehow the emotion gets lost. Ms Johnson says that’s because we feel our character’s emotion and it’s...
My new story, The Stelton Legacy: Mine Forever (working title, at least the Mine Forever part), is about a family’s quest and the seven deadly sins. I came across a great article, The Seven Deadly Sins in Paranormal Romance, written by friend and author Stephanie...
My edits arrived from my awesome editor Denise at Carina Press. She prepared me for them in her cover letter. First was the acknowledged improvement from my first manuscript-a reduction in split commas and improvement with point-of-view. (Please be impressed that...
I was catching up on my reading and came across Jo-Ann Carson’s blog. I found her post, Three Reasons Why I Love Research, thought provoking. Her reasons included: finding new and exciting things she wasn’t not really looking for grounds her story and lets...
Photo by Andrzej Gdula Choosing names of places and characters has always been a challenge for me. Some I admit will resonate only with my family, a family name became the name of a local manor in my first book and the condo where my parents lived was another manor...
