fbpx
Is there anything better than humor?

Is there anything better than humor?

Is there anything better than humor? Wait, don’t answer that.  There are. There are things better than humor. All those truly, deeply good things in life: -The kind of love that comes alongside you and wraps around your soul. -The idea of redemption: The way something...
My writing process – in pictures.

My writing process – in pictures.

I recieved an interesting question from a reader this week about my writing process: “How on earth do you create these stories?  I’ve read your blog and info etc on some of your processes i.e. how you don’t see scenes as many others do etc, but that just makes...
Character – fiction or real?

Character – fiction or real?

I always find it interesting when fictional characters are based on real life people. The trilogy I’m working on now is set in the same world as my Keeper Chronicles and will tell the story of the first queen.  I’m basing her on the life of Empress Theodora from...

Frequentatives – a third time

We’ve chatted about frequentatives twice. Here and here. I discovered a few more frequentatives that I find a little gross.   Gross Frequentative #1: spit/spatter So there’s spit, as a normal verb. Even when spitting is talking about oil spitting while you...

Frequentatives happening again

Since last week we talked about frequentatives being a word from a verb that happens repeatedly, I thought I’d talk about them more. Repeatedly, actually. For instance, the verb to crack, if it gets repetitive, turns to the frequentative crackle. I found three...