by Penny Freeman | Oct 9, 2013 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY PENNY FREEMAN In the digital age we live in, thoughts fly around the world at the speed of light, to last forever, buried away in some hard drive or other until it’s long forgotten; only to be unearthed at the most inopportune and embarrassing moments conceivable....
by Penny Freeman | Oct 7, 2013 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY TERRI WAGNER Getting your book to that final stage of publishing requires a lot of effort. You have to re-work, re-do, re-edit just to get to a final writing stage. But it doesn’t end there. Manuscript in hand, you search diligently for just the right publisher and...
by Penny Freeman | Sep 30, 2013 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY MCKENNA GARDNER On occasion, I struggle with back pain. Most likely, this is a result of sitting and typing for hours on end, but I’ve also been in a few minor accidents in my life. I even broke the tip of my tailbone off while snowboarding. Apparently, you don’t...
by Penny Freeman | Sep 19, 2013 | Editor's Notes, Featured Friday, Writing
BY PETE FORD Or, why you need to timeline. Here’s how I develop a story: I get an idea, roll it around in my head for a while, adding more and more detail until, eventually, I reach a point where I can write the story, one short paragraph per scene, from beginning to...
by Penny Freeman | Sep 3, 2013 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY TERRI WAGNER It’s grammar time at the X, and we were challenged to write about the issues that plague us the most—probably hoping we would learn ourselves and be able to pass that along to others. So here goes. Basic sentence structure gets creamed in today’s...
by Penny Freeman | Aug 28, 2013 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY MCKENNA GARDNER I have decided that in order to make a character interesting, they must fully commit to their arc of change. And it works both ways – for heroes or villains. Either they overcome their trials, see the light, and lead a fulfilling life, or they...
