Writing

Writing Non-Human Characters #3: Robots

Well, it’s week three on my impromptu series of posts on creating non-human characters for your…
Writing Non-Human Characters #2: Aliens

Last week, I had planned to write a single post talking about how to write non-human…
Writing Non-Human Characters #1: Animals

I’ll be spending most of this week dealing with how to write animals in particular (because…
The Church Mouse

Based on a true story… The Landlord and Landlady were busy today. Pulling out the furniture…
Keeping a Writer’s Journal

However, even if you’re not the sort of person who normally bothers to keep a journal,…
Ready, Steady, Write!

Thirty minutes to kill, I mused. What can I do in thirty minutes? Since I wasn’t…
Preventing Nowhere Nowhen Syndrome

Nowhere Nowhen Syndrome (NNS) is when your setting is too vague. In the same way that…
Flash Fiction! Aah!

One of the obvious perks to flash fiction is that you can have it written in…
A Few Words About Magic in Fiction

Magic (as I’m loosely defining it here) features heavily in fantasy. The forms magic can take…
Using Dialogue to Bring Your Characters to Life

They say we all smile in the same language. Fortunately for us writers, just about everything…