
Let’s Explore Wattpad — Part 2
This is the second in my series on using Wattpad to promote your writing and get it in front of more readers. In part 1 I provided an overview of Wattpad and now I’ll explore setting up your account and Read More …
Flawed Femmes wielding Whips, Guns, and Blades
This is the second in my series on using Wattpad to promote your writing and get it in front of more readers. In part 1 I provided an overview of Wattpad and now I’ll explore setting up your account and Read More …
Most of us write because we want to have our stuff read. To have our stuff read three things must be done: Make the writing available to people Inform people of the writing’s existence Get people to actually read the Read More …
Her eyes closed, Merreth lets the water run down her face and listens to it drip back into the wash basin on Charadell’s desk. She splashes her cheeks again and rubs her nose. I’m still dirty, and smell like a Read More …
“They’re just standing around basking in the sun?” asks Charadell. “How many?” The scout, young and blonde, sits on her horse and shrugs. “About sixty, Domina, and yes, that’s exactly what they seem to be doing. There’s one in Read More …
So you have decided you want to write fiction and have people give you money for what you produce. Excellent ! I made the same decision. However, now that I am three years into the whole writing/blogging/promoting aspect of producing Read More …
Well, the last long weekend of the summer draws to a close. I have just returned from four days up on BC’s Sunshine Coast where I spent the time visiting family, enjoying what little sunshine there was to be had, Read More …
If you write fantasy, particularly epic fantasy, you’ll need to think about world building — crafting the set principles and constraints that govern your heroine’s environment: political, social, technical, magical, geographic, climatic, and the like. There are a huge number Read More …
Posting is light this week, by which I mean my more substantive post is likely not going to hit this page for a few days. I’ve been up BC’s beautiful sunshine coast and for once the weather didn’t make lie Read More …
The morning sun beats down as four hundred mounted nobles of the Domina’s column canter down the road. The clank of sword and lance overlay the steady drumbeat of hooves on packed dirt. Dust, oiled steel, and leather smells fill Read More …
A rare night breeze wafts through the open window and without thinking Merreth raises her head to let it cool her neck. Her hand slips and the quill leaves a splotchy ink trail across the paper, obscuring the words she’s Read More …