Literary Fiction in a Dark Fantasy Setting
Tell us a little about yourself & your background A wild, red-headed six-year-old girlchild belongs to me, and my husband is his royal majesty, King of the Geeks. I’m sure you’ve heard of him. 😊 I was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, but now live in Calgary, Canada. Other than that, art is…
Tell us a little about yourself & your background When I was little my parents would tell me stories every night. My mom would read to me (Anne of Green Gables and Tom Sawyer were our favourites) and my dad would make up new tales. They both work in theatre, so I guess stories were…
Something that everyone in the writing business (not necessarily trad) will have to deal with eventually... writing a blurb. I don't know about you but the thought of it fills me with fear. But it's got to be done, so I scoured the internet for tips on the basics to get myself, & you lovely…
Some writers can sit down with pen & paper or a computer, & just... write. They can write many, many pages & be proud of their accomplishments. Others, like me, have a real hard time with concentration. We get distracted by social media & T.V, we fall down internet rabbit holes researching middle age apothecaries…
Writers face lots of challenges in the industry - the gatekeepers of traditional publishing or the cost & skill set required to self publish; the sheer volume of books being published alongside theirs, getting their novel out there & seen; learning how to market their work & the royalties that mean most of us have…
I’ve scoured the internet in search of information to understand how we, as writers, might better write out first chapters. Right from the get go. Although my first chapter has already been written I have every intention of making sure that I have included the points listed below when it comes to editing. There is…
I have been a dedicated writer for around five years. Before that I barely wrote at all and struggled to find the time or ideas for it. When starting university I was encouraged to spend much more time writing as not only did I need some of it for assessment but also because of the…
A lot of planning, ideas & research goes into writing a novel, even more so if you're constructing a series. It can be a challenge to keep track of everything you've worked out for your characters & plot, especially if you've been writing your novel for a while or have lots of moving parts. A…
Writing is a lot of hard work... it's also a crazy amount of words. At a minimum of 60,000, creeping up to a potential amount of 120,000 words if you write epic fantasy sagas. It's a lot of information to remember. Especially if your story then becomes a series. Now obviously there are notes that…
Completing a manuscript is hard work. BUT it doesn't end there... there's still revisions and edits to do, & that's before you give it over to your editor to pull apart. Self editing can seem like a daunting task when you look at the big picture. You have to read through a novel that's at…
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