by Jill Williamson | Aug 30, 2023 | Author Life, Encouragement, Getting Published, Guest Posts, Learning from Other Authors, Writing, Writing Life
Crystal Grant is a daydreamer who adores freshly-baked cookies and anything with fur or feathers. During the day, she strives to instill a love of books and learning within her young students. As a hearing-impaired, home-school graduate, she found her voice in writing...
by Jill Williamson | Aug 16, 2023 | Brainstorming, Characters, Writing
Jill here! It’s so exciting to be back for another year of blogging. At the top of my To Do list is a short novel for Sunrise Publishing that will kick off the Blood of Kings Legends series. Each time I write a new book, I experiment with the process and try to...
by Jill Williamson | May 24, 2023 | Brainstorming, Creativity, Fantasy, Setting, World Building, Writing Exercise
Last week, I wrote a post called Creating a Map for Your World: How to Get Started, which was the first half of two-week series on map-making for novelists. Today we are going deeper. We’re going to talk about what kinds of details you can add to your maps and...
by Jill Williamson | May 17, 2023 | Brainstorming, Creativity, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, World Building
I’m a storyworld first author. This means, I must spend time creating my world before I can start writing. For me, this process usually starts with drawing a map. It’s no secret how much I love book maps, so I’m going to post about them for the next...
by Jill Williamson | Apr 19, 2023 | Dialogue, Editing, Punctuation, Tips From Editors
As I’ve been mentoring my Blood of Kings Legends authors, I’ve found myself going back to some of the things I learned from my first few editors in the publishing industry. These were the people who taught me many of the hard and fast “rules” of writing that I missed...
