For those of you just warming up your keyboards, ready to start pounding out your novels for National Novel Writing Month, I wanted to do a little retrospective of my NaNoWriMo novel experience.It was January, 2007. Nope, I didn't do it in the proper month. Nor did I even register with NaNoWriMo. … [Read more...]
Point of View–What’s your Favorite?
As I'm editing my historical fiction novel, I'm running into quite a few people who are genuinely shocked that I'm writing in FIRST PERSON point of view. This means that my main character, Gudrid, talks like this:"I smell ocean salt and sweat from ship-work on him. The darkened circles under his … [Read more...]
Getting to the Polished Product
I don't know what I'm doing blogging, since I have to majorly, MAJORLY rewrite my first chapter of GOD'S DAUGHTER (my Viking novel, if you're just catching up). BUT I want to share that I've joined a historical fiction critique group, and I love it. Who would have thought that this writer (who … [Read more...]
Christian Romance–Like it or Leave it?
I recently replied to a blogpost by Sally Apokedak on the blogspot Novel Rocket. I've enjoyed this blogspot: http://www.novelrocket.com. She was asking what kind of fiction we like to read: books w/a glaring gospel message? characters that do or don't change for the better? I'm posting part of … [Read more...]
Googling Handguns for the Greater Good–by Guest Blogger JANET BERRY
I'm thrilled to present you with my first guest blogger, Janet Berry. If you want to share something from your writing journey on my blog, just comment on here or contact me on FB and I'd love to get something posted! And thank you, Jan, for sharing the ups and downs of writing a book in a … [Read more...]
Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too
You would think that with two very computer-savvy brothers, I would've received some of those "techie" genetics. Alas, that is not so.You may wonder what happened to that last post about Kathryn Stockett, The Help, and the fact that Heather will continue to write, despite rejection? Well, I … [Read more...]