How long should your novel be?

How long should your novel be?

by | May 19, 2024 | Blog, Method, WIP, Writing

I struggle with this. I naturally write short. I’m concise, what can I say? I can somehow create well-rounded, in-depth characters in very few words. I can show just enough of a room so that it can be imagined by the reader. It doesn’t take me long at all to show the...
The Rules of Writing

The Rules of Writing

by | May 12, 2024 | Blog, Method, Writing

Somerset Maugham once said that there are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. Well, a few people didn’t get the message. Here are rules for writing a novel, the process of it, the craft, editing, and then miscellaneous rules...
How do you feel about tropes?

How do you feel about tropes?

by | May 5, 2024 | Writing, Writing Craft

Do you love them and couldn’t write a story without them? Do you hate them and think they are a scourge on the face of literature? No matter which way you feel, they are an essential aspect of writing genre fiction. You might think that tropes are just for romances....
Publishing Options

Publishing Options

by | Apr 28, 2024 | Business of Writing, Writing

We live in an author’s world. It used to be that authors were dependent on publishers for getting their work out into the world and getting paid for their labors. Publishers were the ones with all the power and authors were completely at their mercy. An author,...
Your Link to the World

Your Link to the World

by | Apr 21, 2024 | Business of Writing

I think it’s rather fitting that when you first create a website, the default message is “Hello, World!” I’ve had a website since 2012. It started out very basic with just a list of my books and my bio. It’s slowly grown since then. First with blogging (started in...
What’s in a Name? More than you would think.

What’s in a Name? More than you would think.

by | Apr 14, 2024 | WIP

We’ve been having an interesting conversation on the Regency Fiction Writer’s Forum. It began when one member pointed us to a fascinating post on Tumblr by “Ye Olde News,” a self-described “bored researcher.” He (she?) pointed out...