Archive for March, 2011

February/March Debut Giveaway!

Monday, March 7th, 2011

Back in January I did a giveaway featuring newly-released novels by my fellow Elevensies (i.e. 2011 debut authors). Since I want to keep spreading the word about awesome new books, here’s my latest Elevensies giveaway (with more to come throughout the year). The winner of the giveaway will get to choose one of the Elevensies [...]

Keeping Things Simple

Friday, March 4th, 2011

Thanks so much to everyone who commented on Wednesday’s post about starting a story with setting. It really got me thinking about my story and what I needed to do with it. Many of you pointed out that you’ve never started with setting, which I think shows how difficult that approach can be. Among the [...]

Working From Setting

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

About a year ago, I watched a documentary that inspired an idea for a story setting. It’s an alternate reality where things have developed a little differently than in our world. The idea has been stuck in my head ever since, and I’ve had a few false starts trying to write it. This morning, I [...]