Funny story… last year, while I was working on the ending of BODIES IN MOTION, the ending for the series was headed in a different direction. The plot for Book 2 centered around everyone’s favorite engineer, Rowena Lee, making peace with the grounders and eventually falling in love with one….
Fancasting… it’s often see as something writers do to avoid actually writing. It’s treated like a stall tactic. But, if you want a diverse cast and want diversity in your books, it’s actually good way to get a headcount of what diversity is available. The fancast above is for my…
So, you want to write a book? Good for you! Maybe you’ve daydreamed about being a Real Author for years. Maybe you set a goal as a child to pen the next Great Novel. Maybe you have hazy, romantic ideas about what authors do (spoiler alert: we sit at our…
Listen. Every authors hits a stage in their book where they question everything, where they doubt themselves, where they want to give up. It happens because you are comparing a working draft to finished manuscripts again. Which is a bit like asking why apples on the tree don’t taste like…