I was watching the Avengers the other day, and I had an idea. Or rather, a question. If you overpower (OP) one of your characters (normally your MC), where do you take your story? Here is episode 3.2 of A Writer’s Guide. If a character is so strong that they can defeat anything coming […]
Dragoness
Merry Christmas!
A knock at the door… “Am I early?” Gryphon stood at the door holding a basket of fruit. Ibbiana smiled and shook her head, her feathers ruffling in the gentle breeze the open door invited. “You’re right on time. Come on in.” She stepped back and swept her arm back. Gryphon stepped into the cool […]
I am insane
Absolutely friggen insane. You know what? No, I’m absolutely F*CKING insane! So insane, in fact, that I have agreed to take part in something called “12 weeks to a trilogy.” What this means, is I will endeavour to write between 175,000 and 244,400 words in the next 12 weeks. What this will translate to, is […]
A Writer’s Guide e3 – Characters
Your characters are one of the most important aspects of your book and they deserve some love. So this week, I’m shining a light on your amazing creations. There are a million and ten different ways to create a character. For me, my first glimpse of a story and it’s world tends to just pop […]
How to choose
My online ‘handle’ started off as thevoicesinmyhead and the reason I chose this is because that is what my characters to me. Voices nestled in my mind chatting away to one another and to me whenever I’m inclined to listen (and often when I’m not). As you may already know I have quite a few […]
June Update
Here is my June update. I did F*ck all. No seriously. I really don’t feel like I did all that much. I celebrated my birthday and got very excited for Dragon dictation (I lost my voice after my last post so I haven’t been able to play with it recently ='( but I can’t wait […]