by Jill Williamson | May 15, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonLast week, Stephanie talked about teaching your character new skills. I loved reading all the cool skills you’ve given your characters and wanted to add something to that discussion. Giving your character at least one interesting skill or hobby...
by Jill Williamson | May 11, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonWriting about fictional archetypes on Tuesday made me think of real ones.In 1920, a Swiss physician Carl Jung wrote in his book Psychological Types that people have an archetype that drives them from within, that defines how they see the world and...
by Jill Williamson | May 8, 2012 | Writing
Jill Williamson is a chocolate loving, daydreaming, creator of kingdoms. She writes weird books for teens in lots of weird genres like, fantasy (Blood of Kings trilogy), science fiction (Replication), and dystopian (The Safe Lands trilogy). Find Jill...
by Jill Williamson | May 4, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonI’m baaack!Some of you probably didn’t even know I was gone.But I was, on and off, for the last month. My publisher, Zondervan, an imprint of Harper Collins, sent me and two other YA Zondervan authors on a four-city book tour. This was...
by Jill Williamson | May 1, 2012 | Writing
Once you have a few books published, you may reach the place where you can sell a book off a synopsis and a few sample chapters. That’s what happened with my upcoming book Captives. I turned in Captives yesterday. (Yay!) And now I get to wait and bite my nails until...
