Tag Archive | readers
World Building Wednesday: For Your Eyes Only
Tweet of the Day: There’s a Story Here Somewhere: Inspirational Stories from Flickr ——- Last week I wrote the following: One interesting thing about game books is that they tend to have areas meant to be read by all the players involved, while certain materials are meant for the Game Master’s eyes only. This might […]
When Readers Inject Symbolism Into A Writer’s Work
Tweet of the Day: Creating Fictional Characters: The Main Character —— You written the best book possible. It gets you an agent, then after a little more tinkering it nets you a good deal with a leading publisher. After that it hits the shelves and climbs the book sales charts. You’re a published author now. […]
Fantasy: Women in Fantasy
Tweet of the Day: Wandering in the Garden ——- Women in the fantasy genre…. A bit of a problem, if you (as a writer) based it on the European Middles Ages (or feudal Japan, or Ancient Middle East or any ye olde culture lost to the mist of time). Why? (you ask) Because for most […]
Following my own advice
On a recent post I suggested that you, gentle reader(s) and writer(s) take five characters out of one of your WIPs and write the first word that came to mind when you thought about that character. Janna took the idea and ran with it. Dozens of her readers followed. But I, well, I didn’t. What’s […]
Weekend Roundup: March 20-26
Tweet of the Day: Why Pen Names Suck & Can Make Us Crazy ——– I managed, by some miracle and/or freak of nature to post every single day of the week! Hooray! I think I have the formula down. First, plan ahead. Best way to avoid staring at the screen at 10 p.m. while […]