Three Dirty Birds are chirping over at Ana’s blog today!
Over at Zoe’s blog today!
This is going to be the weird part, because it’s the part where I argue both for and against having more than one publisher. I’ve already had this argument with myself, several times, and here’s how it came out. Pros: Different publishers have different audiences. The people that read Dreamspinner may overlap...
The dirty birds are back, chirping about a new book. This time we’re tackling Self-Editing for Fiction Writers – How to edit yourself into print by Renni Browne and Dave King. Kate: The first chapter talks about Show and Tell, which is a big thing that writers need to learn at the beginning of...
Over at Ana’s blog today!
Today on Dirty Birds, we’re talking about the last chapter in Steven James’s Story Trumps Structure–Gimmicks. Ana: I like the first line already: “If your novel isn’t entertaining, it’s not worth reading.” I think this is also why a lot of novels that aren’t that well written do better than some that are; they’re...
At Ana’s blog today, talking about plot flaws and discussing the nifty little chart Steven James put in the book, to guide you to the chapter that will help you fix them.
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of Bite Me Tender’s release. It was a lighthouse to remind me that it wasn’t all doom and gloom, in a year that brought me unending turmoil and changes. While it feels like the entire structure of my life has been through a tornado, it has also thrown me into a kind of...
We’re over at Zoe’s blog again today, talking about revelation and transformation as it applies to characters. (I didn’t see the point, but you should read it and see what you think.) We also talk a little about How Many POV’s Is The Right Number?
Today the Dirty Birds are talking about character attitude, quirks, idiosyncrasies, intention and motivation. That’s a lot! Good thing we’re good talkers, right? Zoe: This was the anti-character-worksheet chapter! Kate: I didn’t find much in this chapter, to be honest. A few things were good, but I really had to work to keep my...