Category: Boxed
Time Journal
A couple of years ago I moved into a new role at work where I worked for three different people in three different areas of our building – one of which required a huge learning curve for me. Some days this worked fine. Many days it did not. A day at work would often fly by without me able to […]
» Read moreNaNoWrimo … down to the wire!
As November comes to a close so does NaNoWrimo – the collective time to work on the resolution/ goal to write a novel. It’s also yet another year in which I am sitting on the sidelines and watching. It was a difficult decision because I’ve completed NaNo several times. This year was not going to be one of them. In […]
» Read moreNovember 14th Meeting
Virginia Romance Writers Proudly Welcomes Bestselling Author Mary Buckham Saturday, November 14, 2015 9am to 4:30pm Featherstone Professional Center 1807 Huguenot Road, Suite 108 Midlothian, VA 23113 Please note the following times as they are different from our normal monthly schedule! The doors will open at 8:00 AM. The standard business meeting starts at 8:30 AM. The workshop will be […]
» Read moreWorld Building in Dark Fiction
Whether your tale is set in a real place or an imagined one, you need to establish your characters’ world so that the reader can suspend disbelief and fully engage with the story. Not only horror, this includes from science fiction and fantasy. There must be reasons why a character or a whole slew of them reacts as they do […]
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