I am currently out of the office for the weekend at a Tango festival…and am therefore not very much in a “work” mindset (though I have been brainstorming and scribbling in my notebook in my spare moments). So, I figured now is as good a time as any for a WIP update. I have just finished…
A contemporary novel that is beautiful in its descriptions and themes, but unfortunately a bit irritating in its delivery. While it did not meet my expectations as a reader, it definitely gave me a chance to flex my writer muscles–in that I knew exactly what I would have done differently if I had been writing this story.
For centuries, fairytales and folklore have served audiences of all ages as sources of inspiration and grim moral lessons. Writers in recent years have taken some of these stories and re-imagined them, or even turned them completely on their heads in order to bring their timelessness into our modern age. Books like Naomi Novik’s Uprooted and…
At times, it is difficult for us as writers to latch on to a character’s voice. Each character we create is unique in their perspectives, and the way they narrate their stories should be presented as equally unique. Working with character voice takes a lot of practice and consideration, and sometimes we may never feel…