I’m not talking about your characters and their constant gibber-jabbering in your head. I’m talking about that voice that belittles you, doubts you, makes you second guess yourself. The one that tells you that you’re not a good writer, that you will never publish your book, that the time you spend writing and thinking about your stories is wasteful. That voice can be damaging to writers and at times it torments us endlessly, it seems. Be heedful of your reaction to that voice

There are many components to a story. Resolution plays a major part, although it may not seem so important at first glance. No, it isn’t the major battle scene, nor is it the long awaited confrontation. It’s what happens afterwards. And I would argue that it is just as important as that climactic moment in a story. So, what exactly is resolution, when referring to literature? According to literarydevices.net, “The literary device resolution means the unfolding or solution of

When I started thinking about tone the first thing that popped into my head was Stephen King, because he is a master at creating that creepy, unsettling feeling horror writers spend years and years trying to duplicate. I wondered, what is it about his writing that conveys this so incredibly well? I looked at one paragraph in particular from his novel “The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon”: “As she reached the driver's door of the cab, which hung open with vines twisting in and out o

Kristen Britain has been contributing to the fantasy genre for over twenty years with her writing. Green Rider, the first of her series, was one of the first fantasy novels I ever picked up after reading through The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. I was not disappointed. In fact, it has become one of my favorite fantasy series to read and revisit. With the release of her newest book, Firebrand, I reached out to Kristen Britain for a potential interview and was thoroughly