Are you using setting to its greatest effect? Julie Glover addresses how to use setting to reveal and challenge your characters.

We can get so caught up writing witty banter, choreographing every move that we forget to write in a backdrop. Location will bring your book to life.

Like people, locations can have certain traits that bring out their personalities and influence the way our characters interact with them. Here are 5 character traits of locations to get you started!

This is a true story:  I looked out my window this morning, as I always do while drinking my breakfast protein shake. In the heavier than usual wind, the prayer flags flapped loudly. Through the narrow gaps of brightly-colored material I saw a profusion of blooming tropical flowers. Behind them, a mermaid sat on her […]

by Fae Rowen I was shocked when Laura, Sharla and Jenny suggested I write a craft blog on world building.  Before you read any further, I need to confess something.  I've never taken a world building writing class.  But after three decades as a science fiction freak, it's no wonder I enjoy world building.  In […]