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Thankful for Anne McCaffrey
This week speculative fiction author Anne McCaffrey died at the age of 85. Best known for her series Dragon Riders of Pern and her story The Ship Who Sang, she was an amazing author who could build incredible worlds populated with deep, … Continue reading
Know your Audience
Authors always have to keep their audience in mind. Unfortunately, audiences always change, especially when you target young adults like I do. One thing that really helps me keep my audience in clear focus is reading the yearly Mindset List, … Continue reading
New Spidey
This week news came of Marvel Comics announcing a half Hispanic, half African- American teen boy named Miles Morales will be the titular star of Ultimate Spider-Man. In case you don’t know, Marvel comics has two main Spider-Man comic lines, with Peter Parker … Continue reading
Creating Good Characters – Motivation (Intro)
Great characters are a joy to both read and write, and I really work hard to make mine the best possible. I’m constantly on the lookout for insights into people and have recently learned a lot from the ebook Four … Continue reading
Great Character Descriptions
io9 has a good post highlighting some of the more memorable character descriptions in speculative fiction, including one of my favorite books, Ender’s Game. Here’s a snippet from the article about EG: “Ender did not see Peter as the beautiful … Continue reading
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Christians and Harry Potter
In step with the release of the final Harry Potter movie, The Wall Street Journal has published a good article by Sarah Pulliam Bailey at about how Christians, for the most part, have “warmed-up” to the fantasy series of books and movies. To quickly summarize, … Continue reading
Creating Good Characters – Personality (Compliance)
For the past few weeks I have been sharing occasionally what I’ve learned from personal research and the ebook Four Secrets to Liking Your Work, part of the Career Survival Kit Collection, specifically, how it helps me develop my characters. Today’s post … Continue reading
Creating Good Characters – Personality (Steadiness)
As an author, I’m asked by both readers and other authors on how I develop my characters. I think all writers draw from their own personal experiences and from people they know to create those in their stories. I once … Continue reading
Creating Good Characters – Personality (Influence)
As an author, I spend more time developing believable, relate-able, and memorable characters than anything else. I’ve found that if I invest a lot of time up-front in designing and learning who my characters are, it takes a lot of … Continue reading
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