Sarah Sundin, @sarahsundin What color were her eyes again? How long has he had this job? When did she break her arm, and is she out of her cast yet? When …
Nitty Gritty Tips for Writing a Novel
by Heidi Main, @HeidiMain Once you have the SEQ’s for your characters and you’ve walked through the Lindy Hop and you know what you’re going to write, you’re set to …
Lessons God Teaches Authors When Creating Characters
by Jeanne Takenaka, @JeanneTakenaka The idea of creating characters was the one thing that kept me from jumping into fiction writing for, well, decades. One of the first writing lessons I heard …
More Than a Sounding Board: Four Ways to Deepen the Heroine’s Best Friend
by Christina Miller, @CLMillerbooks Have you noticed that secondary characters sometimes serve little purpose beyond being props in the scene? While we don’t develop walk-on characters, we can use secondary …
Keeping Names Straight
by Hallee Bridgeman, @halleeb I am TERRIBLE with names. I never remember them. I can tell you everything you ever needed to know about a character *I* created – where they went …