(Note: In the early versions of Gordath Wood, Lynn wandered around lost for a loooong time. While I wanted to get across the fear and tiredness of being lost in the woods, which is something that happened to me when I was twelve, pages and pages of it has the opposite effect on readers. It’s [...]
I read a couple of books this weekend: A House in Amalfi, by Elizabeth Adler, and The Steel Remains, the acclaimed novel by Richard K. Morgan. Amalfi was that subgenre of romance known for food and house porn — it was set in Italy, the main character is fixing up her childhood villa, there are [...]
How many of you have a bunch of projects that you’ve never finished? If you never finish a story or a novel, you will never know the best feeling a writer can ever get. Being able to type The End is so monumentally important to your development as a working writer. It means you can [...]
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