Modern society is so obsessed with perfection, that we find it difficult to forgive mistakes. I'm not talking about crimes here. I'm talking about honest to goodness mistakes. Leaving the...
NOTE: This article comes from a writer's perspective. I have never edited an anthology so cannot speak to the difficulties or experiences from that side of the work. Since 2004,...
Networking is one of my “hot button” issues. I’m a big advocate of networking, primarily because it has gotten me more work than I know how to deal with. I’ve...
Yesterday, I discussed the basics of world building (here). Now I’d like to add a few things not usually discussed in college fiction courses. As you are creating your world,...
An important part of writing a story is world building. Whether you are writing a short story, a novel, or anything in between, your world has to stand the test...
Last week, I wrote a 2 part blog post on the process of writing characters (which you can find here and here). I did not plan on posting a part...
Yesterday, I discussed the initial thoughts that go into building a character. You can find the post here at Characters, Part 1. Today, I’m go into a little more detail....
This was originally a really long post. I've since divided it in half and will post part 2 tomorrow. Question. What is a character? (courtesy of Dictionary.com)character [kar-ik-ter] noun1....
I hear the stories from other writers. There's always going to be one person in the crowd at a con panel who will ask "Where do you get your ideas"?...
Brandie Tarvin is an author and tie-in writer and a copy editor. In addition to her original fiction, she has written SQL Server articles, Shadowrun: The Role Playing Game sourcebook material and fiction as well as a piece for Hasbro’s Transformers. She currently lives in Florida with her family and is owned by two cats.
