Tag Archive | fiction
For Authors: on characters with convictions
Originally posted on Creative Writing with the Crimson League:
A conviction to put family first or to protect home is only one positive kind of conviction our characters might display I’ve been writing lately about emotions and their role in fiction as part of character development. One emotional state that is important in fiction (at…
A Poison Tree by John Dolan Earns Five Stars!
Originally posted on olbigjim:
From the Amazon blurb: “You kill my wife and I’ll kill yours.” You must admit, as a proposition, it has an alluring symmetry to it. It is 1999, and as the Millennium approaches, old certainties wither. For family man, David Braddock, his hitherto predictable world is undergoing a slow collapse. The…
Mary Fan
Originally posted on Reading Recommendations:
Mary Fan What is your latest release and what genre is it? The Firedragon (A Flynn Nightsider Tale) – YA dystopia/fantasy Quick description: Almost a hundred years after supernatural creatures ravaged the earth, the magic-wielding Enchanters rule over the former United States with an iron fist as the totalitarian Triumvirate,…
The Author Hot Seat with David Higgins: We didn’t have genre when I was young
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
David Higgins is my guest today, a short story writer who has found that the problem of fitting into the category straight-jacket is amplified when your short stories aren’t all in the same style. Here’s how Dave copes with the conundrum and gives us his take on the genre…
John Booth
Originally posted on Reading Recommendations:
John Booth What is your latest release and what genre is it? Jake’s Women – Wizards IV. The genre is Fantasy. Quick description: The continuing misadventures of Jake Morrissey, a Wizard living in modern day Wales. His two wives and mistress ought to be enough to stop him from straying,…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 