I’m working on a new series of Regency romance novels. Would you like to meet Christian Knightly? He’s a duke, but never expected to inherit the title and wishes he could go back to his former life. Regency romance: the Eardleys Halfway through the eighth book in my Regency ...
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Writing Fiction: Start With People To Avoid Plot Disasters
In our latest writers’ group meeting, we talked about writing fiction and character creation and development. We’re back to our regular meetings, thank heavens. Sadly, our group’s been decimated, but we’ll build it up again. Start with plot or characters? That’s a topic which never ...
Writing Fiction? Choose Two Writing Strategies For 2020
“Writing fiction is hard,” one of our writers’ group members said in our final meeting before the holidays. “Next year, I’m choosing just two strategies. With just two, maybe I can focus and get better at writing.” We all loved her “two strategies” idea. The writer shared her strategies with ...
Writing Fiction: Revisiting Articles From February
We’re in the final weeks of 2019, so I thought I’d revisit some of the articles posted this year. Let’s look at three articles I posted in February about writing fiction. Writing fiction: building your novel and marketing it If you participated in NaNoWriMo this year — kudos to you. ...
Get Started Writing Fiction: Try These 2 Tips
At our last writers’ group meeting we gained several new members. They’re all new to writing fiction. We discussed how to get started. Writing fiction: trust yourself Even if you’re new to writing fiction, you know the basics of what makes a story. You’ve been watching TV and movies most of your ...
Regency Romance: Free Short Story, “The Question”
Last year, I published the Follyjohn Gossip Series of Regency romance short stories, which is now available as a collection. Since I seem unable to get Follyjohn and its inhabitants out of my mind, I hope you’ll enjoy a brand new short story, which you can read here: “The Question”. Regency ...
