My friend Jessewave asked me to kick off a new series of advice to new writers on her blog. So I blogged about knowing your characters. And the resulting discussion got me thinking: how much change is too much when it comes to your characters?
I mean, in any story, your characters are going to go [...]

Or, well, one anyway. Ha. So, my family and I have been watching Battlestar Galactica (the new series, not the 80s one; no capes! **shudder**). We never did watch it when it was on. We’re catching up on it now. We’re on the last season. And you know who I wish I’d created? Gaius Baltar.
Seriously. [...]

I love research. The only problem I have is getting too into it. I love to learn, so I can go way overboard with what I want to know in comparison to what I actually use. I’ve been known to research something for days and then it only gets a brief mention [...]

Slow going this week. We had a storm last Thursday that knocked out my power for a day. Ah, Texas in the springtime, gotta love it.
Then Sunday Ty fell off the swing set and had to go to the ER for stitches. Man he is one tough kid. He [...]

I’m finishing up ch. 3 today. Everything is going well. I’m really starting to love writing again. It’s feeling more like fun and less like a job, now that I’ve let go of the “OMG! I’ve got to get this done,” attitude. I’m having fun, and really enjoying the story. [...]

I’ve been giving a lot of thought to writing processes lately and asking around, trying to get a feel for how others do it and I’ve discovered something about myself and my writing. I am very character based. I see the characters first, then I see their story, or rather they tell [...]