by Autumn | Oct 31, 2014 | Friends of my Enemy, Tips, Writing
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I loved discovering a new series when I was a teenager. I was a voracious reader, easily devouring a paperback in a few days between school work and classes. And if it was a weekend… a book might not last a day. So finding a series...
by Autumn | Sep 26, 2014 | Friends of my Enemy, Tips, Writing
One of the reasons I love being an indie author is because we can blur genre lines. We can write a story, any story. If it becomes a steampunk-zombie-romance that’s fine. Well its fine until you go to upload it to Amazon or with any other e-publisher. Then you need to...
by Autumn | Sep 12, 2014 | Friends of my Enemy, The World of Myrrah, Tips, Writing
All stories utilize tension, but each genre incorporates it differently. Stories, and the tension in them, are not the same. Epic fantasy, thrillers, and other action oriented novels rely on the tension built by ‘what will happen next!’ Other tales such as detective...
by Autumn | Jun 13, 2014 | Friends of my Enemy, The World of Myrrah, Tips, Writing
Do you always act as you intend? And an even more difficult question – do you think others interpret your actions as you hope? That view of actions misaligned with intent fascinates me. Can our subconscious bring doubts to the fore without our realizing it,...
by Autumn | Apr 15, 2013 | Tips, Writing
I don’t tend to get writer’s block often. When I do, it is usually because of one of two reasons: I don’t know enough about the world/characters that I’m writing about or that I know too much about the world/characters I’m writing about. Sort of a paradox, I know, but...
