Don’t you love it when a special character in a story refuses to leave your thoughts, even after the story is done? I recently met one named Weyland in a short story titled “Unicorn Tapestry” by Suzy McKee Charnas. We get to know Weyland through his therapist, Floria as she […]
Fiction Groupie is holding an event called the “Let’s Talk” Blogfest. Participants sign up on her blog, then post a dialog excerpt from their WIP on their own blog. I heard about this from Chris (one of my friends from FSFW) and immediately thought, “I have the perfect scene. I […]
There has been discussion recently among several of my friends from the Fresno SciFi and Fantasy Writers (FSFW) about characters – character development, character-driven vs. plot-driven stories, etc. Characters are what inspire me to write. Each of my stories started when I woke up one morning with the image or […]
