Six Sentence Sunday – The New Beginning

Well, after sending Reckless Rescue off to Aimee Salter for a Read and Respond Critique, I’ve been working on a new beginning. I can’t believe it didn’t occur to me to start the novel at this point, it makes a lot of sense. So without further ado,...

Editing 101: Part 3 – Graphs and Charts

I had a bit of fun with this portion of my editing. I can’t guarantee it’s usefullness, but it was interesting as an overall picture. I like to write all in one document  using Microsoft Word. Yep, I know there are lots of ‘novel writing’...

Ebooks vs "Real" Books

With the huge growth of the ebook market, it’s a big controversy at the moment.  People either love ebooks or hate them.  Proponents of print books cite the feel and the smell as being reasons they would never buy an ereader.  Some, perhaps remembering the...

Six Sentence Sunday: Hint of a Tragedy

Tyris is out in deep space, looking for a planet that isn’t on any star maps. Could this be it? ***** Tyris’s attention was drawn straight to the large monitor taking up most of the space on the right wall. A single planet filled the screen. Brown mists swirled...

Editing 101: Part 2 – Character Development

Welcome back to Part 2 of my Editing 101 series. Last week I focused on The Big Picture, and created a one sentence summary of my novel. This week, I’m going to look at character development. We all know that the best novels are ones in which the main character...