Tag Archive | questions
Space for Rent: But You’re Not….
Tweet of the Day: I am a woman who games, not a “gamer” girl” ——– I’m not gay. I’m not a woman. I’m not Africa-American. And so on and so forth. So why have I used this space to discuss issues relating to groups I am no part of? It boils down to rights: mine, [...]
Sunday Award Show
Tweet of the Day: Aesir Lega (XI) ——– Seems I picked up a couple of awards. Interesting. Well then lets open the fist envelope, shall we? The Versatile Blogger Award comes from the lovely Diane Carlisle. Nice! Oh and it comes with some instructions….eye of newt…first drop of blood from a vi…wait that can’t be [...]
Weekend Roundup: March 4-10 + Tagged!
Tweet of the Day: Tagged! ——- The week that Mass Effect 3 hit the shelves and scrambled my mind, for a lack of a better term. I won’t say more until others have played the game but it left me…I don’t know. Anyway, I did get some writing done, although I skipped Thursday for some [...]
To Self-Publish Or Not To Self-Publish
Tweet of the Day: Endings and Modern Authors ——– That is the question, specially in the age of digital publication. Should you stick to the tried and true methods or cut through the red tape and plunge yourself into the icy waters of do-it-yourself publication? What about the costs? Marketing? Competition? Time allotment? Quality control? [...]
Sunday Tweet: Sex, Imperialism and Romance for and by Women
The Sunday Tweet: NAinUF: Characters II – Supporting Roles Today’s tweet comes from Poleth’s Quill, who raises several interesting points on Native American characters in Urban Fantasy, specifically UF with the romance suffix added. To quote: Books closer to the urban fantasy/horror end often have white love interests, but some of the more paranormal [...]
Weekend Roundup: April 17-23 Plus Another Writer’s Challenge
Tweet of the Day: Telling Your Characters Apart ——– This has been an interesting week in this here blog. Battles fought, stories told, challenges met: Sun- We opened the week with a Sunday Tweet about Sci-Fi as a genre and why it remains the “big tent” of modern literature. Mon- Hatedom, brought to you by [...]
Urban Fantasy: What is Urban Fantasy?
Tweet of the Day: The Protagonist: Using Character Clusters ——– I felt like cheating today. This is a re-post from another of my blogs. I didn’t feel like writing about Hunters so instead I regurgitated this post. Still relevant, still Urban Fantasy and (hopefully) still helpful. ——– Urban fantasy (I prefer the term contemporary fantasy) [...]
TV Tropes Day: The Shocking Swerve
Tweet of the Day- Pen and Paper: Better than All Things Digital —– “Think of it this way: if Russo was managing the local Pizza Hut, you’d order a pizza and they’d deliver a newspaper. Sure, it was a surprise, but it didn’t make much sense, nor did you want to order from them again. [...]
Sunday Tweet- Checklist
Sunday Tweet: Are You Asking These Important Questions About Your Fantasy Setting? ——– On to the subject at hand. Questions, we all have them, but how do we use them? Question lie at the heart of what we do as writers, but you already knew that. Questions can be useful tools and K.M. Weiland [...]
Dump that scene!
I was just thinking about how my current WIP has exploded with characters. I’m trying to reign them in, but so far they seem to follow the rules I laid down on this post with a few exceptions. But sometimes you just have to dump a scene (i.e. kill your darlings) because it doesn’t fit. [...]
