by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
A writer e-mailed me to ask, “What do you use for an outline of your stories?”A year or so ago, I would have proudly told you that I don’t outline, that I’m what they call a “Seat of the pants writer,” or a “pantser.”...
by Stephanie Morrill | Aug 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
A writer e-mailed me and said, “I always feel like reading (or writing) something, but I never know what to read (or write). Is this normal?”Well, I can’t relate to the book thing because I constantly have way more books waiting to be read than I do...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today we’re hearing from Melanie Dickerson. Her debut novel, The Healer’s Apprentice, comes out in September. It’s a young adult medieval romance that I can’t wait to get my hands on.As I tried to think of what to blog about for young adult...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Steph asked me to talk a little bit about writing description, which made me happy, because she thinks it is one of my strengths as a writer. It also made me laugh, because it hasn’t always been my strength … or maybe I had too much strength in my...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today our guest blogger is Erica Vetsch, author of The Bartered Bride, The Marriage Masquerade, Clara and the Cowboy, and several other soon-to-be-released novels. Erica and I met a couple years ago at a writers conference in Florida. She had a headache, I’d...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Roseanna M. White is wife, mommy, writer, reviewer, and lover of all things literature-related. She has one book published, A STRAY DROP OF BLOOD (WhiteFire Publishing, 2009), and another due out summer 2011. She is the editor and senior reviewer of the Christian...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today we’re hearing from the lovely and talented Roseanna M. White. Who also happens to be my best friend. Roseanna, like me, has always known she wanted to be a writer and finished her first novel in high school. We’ve had lots of, “If I knew then...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today’s guest blogger is Heather Burch, an author of young adult fiction that blends the natural realm with the supernatural. She loves putting extraordinary fictional teens into impossible situations. She’s here to talk about making plotting manageable.Go...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today we’re hearing from Gabrielle Skory, a teen writer, who has released her first book, The Pages of Red Diamond. You can read a sample here.My name is Gabriella Skory, and I’m a 15 year old homeschooler. A little over a year and a half ago, I needed something...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today I’m answering one final question before I take off for my maternity leave. I’ll still be around, but some of my fab writer friends have offered to step in and share some wisdom while I figure out what life with two kids looks like. So if you have...
