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. These articles might help you with revision, and give you some ideas for marketing too.
Let’s look at them.
Writing Fiction: 3 Tips For Building A Bigger Novel
Think about jokes, and punchlines. The best jokes deliver a surprise, which makes for humor. You build readers up to expect something or other, then you deliver something unexpected.
If you’re editing your NaNoWriMo novel, think about how you could add some surprises. Consider withholding some information from readers and be sure to foreshadow your surprise.
Colors are an easy way to brand your website, as well as your covers. It’s a struggle however. Your designer needs you to decide on colors, and you may even create a mood board, but the consensus of our group was that choosing colors is hard, and mood boards don’t help much.
In addition to articles about writing fiction last February, I published an article for new bullet journalers.
Bullet Journal Ideas: 3 Tips For Journaling Beginners
New bullet journalers often ask about “keeping” their journal notes. I take photos of them:
Whenever you create a reference item like a price list in your bullet journal, consider snapping a photo of it. I keep these kinds of photos in Evernote, but you can print out a photo, and add it a Reference Collection BuJo.
A Regency time travel romance... What if you could escape across time, and find your soulmate?
Pure evil dispatches gorgeous Tara Ballantine across the centuries, to Regency England. Tara lands on Adam Jervoise, Earl of Hillingworth -- literally -- as he's riding through a bluebell wood.
Hillingworth is handsome, rich, and kind. He's also set to propose to an heiress.
When Tara realizes that she's falling in love with the earl, she fights the feeling.
At 24, not only is Molly Ballantine stunning, she has two sisters she loves, and a wonderful career. Then her eldest sister Tara vanishes, and her life disintegrates.
Molly's life is about to become even more chaotic. She wakes up in a brothel with a man who's too good-looking for her peace of mind.
22-year-old Priscilla Ballantine wakes up 200 years in the past, naked in the arms of handsome aristocrat, and master spy, Dominick de Roche, Lord Bellemieux. Priscilla's accused of spying, and is in danger of summary execution. She can't help thinking that she wouldn't be in such a mess if Dominick de Roche hadn't mistaken her for one of his contacts...
