"One of the hardest decisions you'll ever face in life is choosing whether to walk away or try harder." -Unknown It's been a long time since I sat in front of a blank page. So long, in fact, that right before I started typing these words I had to remind myself to breathe and relax.…
I've been busy lately! Super busy- infact I finished November and won NaNoWriMo! For those who don't know NaNoWriMo- standing for National Novel Writing Month, is a worldwide writing event that takes place throughout November, where the goal is to write 50,000 words. That's 1,667 words a day. Of course, the beauty of it all is that it is…
❝I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith.❞ -R. A. SALVATORE, Streams of Silver. A good understanding of your Magic System is like the foundations of a…
❝That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.❞ - Charles de Lint Magic in literature- Magic has always been a part of literature, from the days of Homer in ancient Greece, down through the old tales of King Arthur and countless…
“When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.” - Ernest Hemingway. When reading a book we all want to connect to the characters. We want to feel their pain or their happiness, to relate to their relationships and respond to the way they act and…
"I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately I am inspired at 9 o’clock every morning." - William Faulkner We all know how it feels- to stare at a blank screen and have no idea what to write. What was my plan again? Didn't I think of adding something here? Why did I ever think…
“I think there are two types of writers, the architects, and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building a house. They know how many rooms are going to be in the house, what kind of roof they're going to have, where the wires are going to run, what kind…
