Wedding Day Thoughts
I am sitting here this morning with a glorious and steaming cup of tea–beverage of the gods as far as I am […]
Tag: Character
Off With The Rose Colored Glasses
When you are a beginning writer, you’re fueled by excitement and passion and unflagging confidence in your abilities. You are in love […]
At Last! A Middle!
This morning marks the official completion of my Act 2 outline for Hunted in Shadow. I’m now in the final stretch of […]
Getting To Know You, Part 3: Structured Character Interviews
I’ve had a lot of fun writing out these posts. I love, love, love doing character interviews and playing therapists to recalcitrant […]
Getting To Know You, Part 2: Semi-Structured Character Interviews
Yesterday I talked about the value of unstructured character interviews. Today I want to move on to semi-structured character interviews. A semi-structured […]
Getting To Know You: Unstructured Character Interviews
As many of you know, my background is in clinical psychology. After a brief stint doing therapy, I now occupy the paid […]
Fess Up Friday
Well things have finally started to settle into a rhythm in all of my classes. Most of my students now have a […]
Opposite Sex Character Attraction
Among the writers I know (all of whom are women and write romance in some form or other), there are quite a […]
Concentric Circles
I’ve been a terribly unproductive girl today. Well not on everything. I had a class this morning that was an Introduction to […]
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans–A Worthy Prequel
In honor of my latest WIP, hubby took me to see Underworld: Rise of the Lycans today. I have to say, this […]