Setting the Tone For Your Story
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...
Interview with Kristen Britain
Kristen Britain has been contributing to the fantasy genre for over twenty years with her writing. Green Rider, the first of her series,...
It's Almost Here!
In July of last year, Stevie and I began a crazy journey to start a literary magazine. Together, with some wonderfully talented authors...
Action!
According to author Ian Irvine, there are three main components to a story: Conflict, action, and resolution. I reviewed the importance...
Resources For Writers
As writers, our ultimate goal is to be published, but how do we become the writer that publishers are looking for? The best way to set...
Writing Contests
I recently submitted to a writing contest. The NYC Midnight: Short Story Competition, to be exact. It was scary, it was difficult, but in...
Using the Five Senses in Description
In my last blog I talked about how important it is to leave some things up to the readers imagination when writing description, but this...
Things Left Unsaid
Time and time again I’ve heard: a story's magic is found in the details, but a lot of it is not. In fact, when I read, most of that magic...
Past or Present?
Before you sit down to draft a story, do you consciously decide on the tense? Or, like me, do you just go for it and see what your...
Plagiarism
As writers and/or artists it is our worst fear to be the victim of plagiarism. As people of creation, when we write a story or poem we...
