As I said earlier this week on my Facebook page, from the beginning I knew this book wasn’t something I’d typically pick up. It’s well written (though there were some grammatical things I caught that made me think, she should…
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Grammar, spelling, and other pet peeves
I wasn’t going to write this post. Anytime I argue for correct spelling and grammar, someone either tells me not to be so picky or to quit being stuck up, a nerd, a pain, etc. Two words I hate that…
Posted in Grammar
Humor takes work in writing
I was driving my friend and her two nieces around one day on some errands, and I was about to drop her off to see her boyfriend before I took the girls back to their parents when the older girl…
Posted in Writing tips
Imperfect and real
I was reading an old Writer’s Digest the other day, and I came across this excerpt from On Writing Romance by Leigh Michael. The title of the article in Writer’s Digest was “Create the (Im)Perfect Heroic Couple,” and the author…
Tagged with: Creating characters, Leigh Michael, tips, Writer's Digest, writing
Posted in Writing tips
Posted in Writing tips
Review of Karen M. Moning’s “Fever” series
To start out with, I am a fan of Karen Moning’s “Highlander” series. The MacKayla Lane novels, however (otherwise referred to as her Fever series), are a bit different. I can’t say that I’m as big of a fan. (Read…
Tagged with: Bloodfever, Darkfever, DreamFever, Faefever, Karen Marie Moning, Shadowfever
Posted in Book review, So-So
Posted in Book review, So-So
Really? Knowing how it ends makes it more enjoyable?
Apparently, a new study is saying that people find movies, books, etc., more enjoyable if they know how the story is going to end before they get there. Supposedly, it takes away the stress of wondering what is going to…
Writing’s three personalities
I read a post on a fellow wordpress blog (http://kimrendfeld.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/creatordevelopercritic/) yesterday about the three personalities a person has when you’re writing. These three personalities are the Creator, the Developer and the Critic. First, give the Creator free rein, this article…
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