‘Sometimes editing is killing your darlings. And sometimes you’re a murderer committing mass word homicide.’ 4 things to do when you have to cut your word count.
WIP Wednesday – Granter of Impossible Wishes
It’s WIP Wednesday and storyteller Kat Vancil is working on… a short story for this year’s Fantasy & SciFi Writers Alliance contest + Queer books for your TBR!
I Forgot They Weren’t Real People: 5 Ways to Make Your Stories Feel Real
How to make your audience forget your characters aren’t real. 5 ways you can use what you know to make your stories feel real with examples from Kat.
Art Imitates Life: My 5 Examples of Writing What You Know From my Own Stories
They say “Write what you know.” But that advice is often too vague to be helpful. Instead here’s 5 examples of how I used this advice in my own stories.
Show Your Pride: Book Stack Challenge
For the “Show Your Pride” book stack challenge I represented the Demisexual flag in books & comics ranging from tame middle grade to oh-so-spicy adult.
Versus
In an anthology that pits humankind against everything imaginable, Versus features 13 fantastical stories from across the globe created by the talented storytellers of the Fantasy and SciFi Writers Alliance.