Mentoring young writers toward fiction writing excellence
Do you have story ideas that would make a great series? Lots of us do. It is fun to imagine a string of stories spun out of one group of characters or out of a single, long storyline like Lord of the Rings. On October 15th, my new novel The Red Fury … [Continue reading]
Please allow me to introduce today's guest blogger, Shannon McNear! Shannon has been writing one thing or another since third grade and has completed five novels in genres from Southern fiction to Revolutionary War historical to fantasy. She has … [Continue reading]
It's hard to imagine that any lover of literary lore hasn't heard of NaNoWriMo, but hey...the truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. NaNoWriMo, short National Novel Writing Month, is billed by it's non-profit sponsors, the Office of Letters and … [Continue reading]
I want to introduce my new best friend. We met when I formatted my novel, Grow Old With Me, for publication in various eBook formats. Meet ¶ also known as Pilcrow. This mark should become your best friend too. Pilcrow shows the end of each … [Continue reading]
Sandra Orchard has been our guest contributor this month. She "forgot" to mention in her bio that her unpublished manuscript won the Daphne DuMaurier Award in 2009. I don't need to tell you that's a pretty big deal! She sold her first story to Love … [Continue reading]
