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One of the scenes in my novels that I find most intimidating to write is battles. How much action is too much? Or am I making it too simple? The Conjurors is a young adult fantasy series, and I enjoyed…
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Tackling the Art of Revision
“to write is human, to edit is divine” – Stephen King, On Writing It’s time to revise the second book in The Conjurors Series, and I must admit that I’m thrilled. Other than creating the plot outline of a story…
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On Writing 100,000 Words in 100 Days – Sorta
A little over a week ago I became the proud author of the complete first draft of the second book in my young adult fantasy series, The Conjurors. I’d made a pact with myself to write 100,000 words in 100 days,…
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Best First Sentences in YA Fantasy
Now that I’m writing the ending of the second book in The Conjurors Series, I find myself looking back to the beginning – particularly the very first line of the story. I read a great article in The Atlantic about Stephen King’s…
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How to Create a Likeably Flawed Protagonist
As a writer, I’ve often heard about the trap of creating a character who’s too perfect. They don’t seem human and can often come off flat and boring. If there’s no room to grow, then where’s the story going? On…
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The Art of Foreshadowing
“If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired.” – Anton Chekov Being in the hands of a master of the craft of foreshadowing is one of…
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