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fantasy

  • Out of rocks? Try boulders.

    I’m feeling so bad for Shaleigh right now. You know that rock metaphor they always tell you when you’re writing? When you’ve chased your protagonist into a tree, start throwing rocks next. It’s the idea that you shouldn’t let up, that you need to keep your protagonist on his/her toes so that it forces their…

  • One Spunky Gal

    Day Three comes and goes. I’m really loving how Shaleigh is turning out as a character. She’s got a lot of spunk in her and definitely is not your typical protagonist. Her relationship with her father is so broken that she relies almost entirely on her best friend’s company to keep her sane. It’s going…

  • Of fairies and magicians

    Tomorrow is the big day: the start of April Camp NaNo, and I think I’m prepared. I’ve been putting together all sorts of plot points and backgrounds over the last few days, some of which are way more detailed than I expected it to be. I’ve realized that this story has a few main inspirations:…

  • Plotting for Camp

    I felt all old-school yesterday pulling out a pencil and notecards to start jotting down plot points for my Camp NaNo novel. Normally I use Scrivener for all of my plotting and planning. Instead I pulled up my Scrivener project and worked on character templates while I started writing out cards. Sometimes having a pencil…

  • RealLies is now Available!

    If you’ve seen much of my writing, you know that I like stories that aren’t exactly obvious. Stories that start out one way and then flip the entire plot around before it gets to the end. Characters that you think you’ve got figured out, but then do something outrageous and crazy that either make you…