One of my characters likes to collect antiques. What does this say about her? Characters with a collecting habit can be pretty interesting. The plotline can go so many different ways.
Wacko Wednesdays: The psychology of collecting
November 13th, 2007 3 Comments
Tags: character · fiction · hoarding · psychology of collecting · Rite-in
Suffering for the craft
November 4th, 2007 2 Comments
Writing is an art. Time-worn cliches about suffering for art aside, as writers, our particular brand of suffering is twofold: being misunderstood and fighting against the clock. Writing isn’t seen as an art by the general public. When someone uses paint and canvas, she is easily identified as an artist. The word [...]
Tags: fiction · finding time to write · Nanowrimo · poetry · Rite-in
Wacko Wednesdays!
October 24th, 2007 2 Comments
My background is in psychology. Now I’m a writer. And I blog. Why not bring those three interests together? Introducing WACKO WEDNESDAYS!
Every Wednesday, I’ll introduce a personality trait/disorder writing meme. Use the info to add interesting facets to your characters. We all have little behaviors/beliefs/superstitions/pathology that make us [...]
Tags: character · fiction · personality · Rite-in · Wacko Wednesdays · Writing Exercises
Book Videos: For more than just marketing
October 15th, 2007 4 Comments
Some of you writers out there may not be familiar with the social media world. There are now things called “book videos.” A book video is like a short movie preview for an upcoming or newly released book. In this month’s The Writer magazine, journalist Beth Bakkum writes a short blurb [...]
Tags: book promotion · book videos · Rite-in · Social Media · social networking · video · writing exercizes
Getting ready for Nano
October 5th, 2007
I’m teaching myself the art of fiction, so I expect a learning curve. Plotting BEFORE one writes is probably easier than what I’m doing, which is trying to fit a commercial plot onto what I have already written. This month I’m determined to outline the plot I’ve been working [...]
Tags: dream · fiction · Nano · national novel writing month · novel · Rite-in
New web stuff, fridge poem “Weaving.”
September 25th, 2007
Since attending podcamp philly, I’ve come upon a bunch of cool new sites lately, like BlipTV, Viddler, Upcoming and Twitter. One in particular is quite fun: StumbleUpon. Stick in the types of websites you’d like to surf to, download a toolbar and click. “Writing” is a category, “Poetry” is a category. [...]
Tags: fing · fridge poetryrsu · poetry · Rite-in · web surfing · websites
when I kissed you on Uranus…
September 14th, 2007
Science Fiction and Romance genres should never, ever meet
Cafe de Nihara: Why Science Fiction and Romance don’t go together…
Tags: genre · humor · Rite-in · romance · sci-fi · science fiction