Putting story on paper, or finding the story within the block of stone.
Do you build a story to its completion? Or do you throw words on the page then chip away to reveal the story? Either way you are in good artistic company.
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Category: Fiction
So, you think you are creative?
Picasso drawing with light.
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What do you mean I’m flawed?
They have to have it: characters need flaws. But can it be too much?
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What makes a summer read?
It’s that time of year. Everyone is talking summer and reading. What makes a “summer read” for you?
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Write what you know. (Surely, that’s a joke.)
Authentic Renoir. Girls on a Bench.
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Those Pesky Policemen
Police in hi-visibility jackets policing crowd control at a UK event
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Catching up with author Deanna Raybourn.
We are thrilled to have bestselling author Deanna Raybourn with us today at MissDemeanors. Deanna is the award winning author of fifteen novels and novellas including the wildly popular Lady Julia Grey and Veronica Speedwell series.
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Who’s the best? Time for writing awards season.
Every year I feel that spring launches writer’s conference season. For writers and fans alike there are many choices to fill the schedule. Interested in networking, there’s a conference for that. In advancing craft? Connecting with an agent, meeting your writing idols? Still other choices. This week at MissDemeanors we’ll take a look at a range of choices and weigh in on a few of our favorites.
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First lines.
I didn’t grow up in the tradition of memorizing great swaths of poetry or prose (this is an entire subject of great regret) so it means something when I can quote a first line without pulling out the book. Think about this. It is one line. The first line. The one read before all the others on hundreds of pages, and yet it sticks in the mind.
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