Lauren
Lauren Ritz was born in Utah and continues to reside there, somewhat to the chagrin of those who know her well. She lives halfway between her garden and chaos, taking out her frustration with both in her writing. She graduated with a degree in English (the first language kind) and is currently a freelance writer, at least until the end of August.
She began writing at the age of six with a "journal entry" about aliens flying through her bedroom window and landing on her wall. She tried to start earlier, but was handicapped by the fact that she couldn’t draw well enough.
Writing is her lifelong obsession, taking up the majority of her time when she isn’t involved in other less compelling interests.
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First person POV generally has only one MC (I'll cover the alternative later). All things must be filtered through that one person's viewpoint. If you want to hide things from your readers, it's relatively simple...
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I've realized something - almost all my followers are writers. I've been told that this is not a bad thing. Writers are also readers, but unfortunately while writers are readers the reciprocal is not necessarily true...
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As humans, we expect everything to fit within the framework we're comfortable with. So how do you create an alien culture your readers will accept?
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I've been thinking for a while about self-publishing, which means I'll have to do a lot of things myself. One of those is the cover blurb (I wonder where that word came from?).
So today...
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Regardless of how interesting your world is, your readers are going to want to see familiar aspects. How do you create a culture that your readers will accept?
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All authors have patterns, and often they're not even aware. Do all your books deal with abusive relationships? Do you find yourself giving your characters the same name? Patterns.
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Interview with author Ginger Churchill (Carmen’s Sticky Scab and Wild Rose’s Weaving) as she talks about the art of writing picture books and shares her wisdom and experiences...
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Do you want to know how to make your characters feel more real, or to learn why it matters? How about the difference between a quirk and a flaw?
Listen on, my friends…
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Every recipe for a particular item has certain things in common. So it is for writing...
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Heather Ostler is the author of the Shapeshifters Secret, a YA novel released in 2012. In this podcast she discusses the querying process...
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As the last piece of my editing series, the line edit is always (or should always be) last.
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My editing process continues with the auditory edit. Create a PDF and listen...
