creativity
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When you have to write a love scene
So, if you find yourself in a spot where you need to write a love scene, here are some things that can help you get through it. Read more
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#WritersQuoteWednesday & #BeWow
The past few weeks have been a series of ups and downs. I am struggling with a never ending cold. I finished my edits. My house is a disaster. I have been able to take this kids outside to play. Today I am combining the #BeWow and the #WQW themes because it is march. And Read more
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David Bowie; a character who created himself
Today I awoke to the news. I usually am not too affected by celebrity deaths but the loss of David Bowie affected me profoundly. As a child, he introduced me to the concept of sex appeal as Jareth the Goblin King, as a teenager he provided me with a safe retreat for my own weird Read more
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End your novel with hope
A while back I mentioned in a post that I preferred my horror stories to end with hope. This actually applies to just about everything I read, with the exception of books that lay in the middle of a series. Right now this isn’t a very popular method, especially in horror. At the end of Read more
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Where do you get your ideas?
If you are a writer you have heard this question. I used to struggle with answering it. Ideas for stories are a dime a dozen. They are all around you, and even more so, they are so prevalent within you, they overflow, right out of you into a page. Then one day I was talking Read more
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When a story writes itself
I have spent many nights glaring at a computer screen typing and deleting the same paragraph, willing my characters to move, trying to force a story to happen. Every writer has. When it happens, sometimes you might be lucky and some read-overs can compel your hands, or a google search can make the story lurch Read more
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Writing YA for adults who are young
I recently read an article that criticized love and first sight and anything beyond “pure” romance in YA novels (I guess that means anything beyond chaste kissing?). It made me a little angry. Not as a writer. As a former young adult. I remember being a teenager. Do you? The writer claimed the best YA Read more
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My Kids and my creativity
There have been several points in my life where keeping a regular writing schedule has been difficult. When I was working and finishing my degree and enjoying an active social life and playing in a band, writing every day was a challenge. When I was newlywed and working full time and restoring a beat up Read more
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When your Muse is MIA
This week has been a rough one for me. I got some difficult news and some conflicts need to be addressed that I don’t feel like dealing with. For me, this equates to a lack of will to write. My motivation has crapped out and I have no ideas even if hadn’t. Normally this would Read more
LC W. Allingham 