Sometimes, writing is like laying a puzzle. You’ve got some of the pieces, and they’re clean and spotless. Others seem a bit murky, or plain
Author: Sara Thorn
Romantic Comedies to Love: Dan in Real Life
So after reading that fewer romantic comedies are getting made, I decided to spread the word about some of my favorites here on the blog.
How the Battlestar Galactica board game can help your writing
So I’m a big fan of board games, and fortunately so is my darling husband, which means we play a lot of them. What does
End of 2013
Well, 2013 is drawing to a close–I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! I’m on vacation, which is just bliss I must say.
How to quickly change problematic characters
The bread and butter of fiction is to create characters that take on a life of their own. Sometimes, though, those spur-of-the-moment actions break your
Sympathy vs Empathy
It’s very easy to sympathize with your own characters. You created them, and you know them more intimately than any character written by anybody else–everything
First draft and editing–back at work on Before and After the Wedding
It’s funny how each part of the writing process brings such different skills and benefits to it–and downsides too, I suppose. Having just experimented with
Favorite romantic novels of 2013
Now that we’re getting close to the end of 2013, I thought I’d share some of my favorite romantic novels and novellas of the year.
High-tech from the 60ies
One of the things I like to do is watch older TV series. For one thing, they’re ideal for those TV dinners, as I’m
How I invent characters
Characters are mysterious creatures, in a way, and I’m sure there are nearly as many ways to invent them as there are authors. For me,