Tag: writing
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The Thing with Love Triangles…
Love them or hate them, love triangles are a common trope found in a broad range of literature. Books such as Wuthering Heights (Gothic fiction), The Hunger Games (YA dystopian fiction), and my epic fantasy series, The Comstock Chronicles, feature love triangles. Their sole purpose is to drive the emotional plot forward. In case you…
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Deleted Scene from the Queen of the Night
The two scenes I’m sharing today were the last two to be deleted before the release of The Queen of the Night. While both were very emotionally tied to my narrative, they ultimately got cut because they dragged the pacing and other scenes conveyed this information better. So I hope you enjoy this peek at…
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When You Can’t Afford Therapy, Start Writing
When I very first set out to write my first novel, I’ll be there first to admit that I had no idea what I was doing. I didn’t know what story structure was and why I should even care about it. All I knew was that I had words on my mind that wouldn’t go…