I’m a mare person. My current main riding horse may be a stallion, and he is wonderful and awesome and all the rest of it, but when I’m in default mode, I’m all about the mares. The standard mythos is … Continue reading
Tag Archives: the craft of writing
Something that bugs the heck out of me is when fantasy writers make up their own heraldry and it sucks. I confess, I was a herald in the SCA years ago, and it made me obsessive about the quality of … Continue reading
The situation: Waldo appears in chapter three as a close personal friend of the protagonist. He has an epic encounter with the villain, saves the day and endears himself to a female protagonist. He then promptly disappears for the rest … Continue reading
This is part six of a series on being professional about the craft of writing and amateur in the original sense of doing something for love. Today we’re going to look at what it takes to get scenes off the … Continue reading
I recently read a manuscript in which two characters were described as being in a theater. A dialogue ensued and I visualized the duo sitting in the empty hall chatting. I was surprised when the writer mentioned someone nearby coughing. … Continue reading