Who are your favourite fictional couples? Why do you love them so much? In some novels, watching the main characters go from hating to tolerating, working with to admiring, liking to loving, is a joy. As they slowly fall in love, we also fall in love with them and their relationship. A good romance feelsContinue reading “Introducing a new series: Writing Romance Effectively “
Author Archives: Debbie Coll
Read a Life’s-Worth of Good Books
Ecclesiastes 12:12 says “My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.” (ESV) Part of that verse: Of making many books, there is no end rings in my head as I hear of new books being published, of old booksContinue reading “Read a Life’s-Worth of Good Books”
What Matters Most–Guest Post by Kaley Kriesel
This snippet is from the first chapter of What Matters Most, a realistic fiction story. It’s about three girls, new to highschool, finding out who they are and what actually matters. The full story covers popularity, romance, bullying, and changing yourself to fit the box. This snippet is acceptable for any age group, but theContinue reading “What Matters Most–Guest Post by Kaley Kriesel”
On My To Do List: 2022 Writing Update
I’ve started a few projects since I last wrote an update on everything I’m working on. Just like last time, I’m too tired to work on any of them right now, so here’s a formal introduction to keep me writing instead. The Mistwaes Home Shalton is the crown prince of the magical kingdom of Zenn,Continue reading “On My To Do List: 2022 Writing Update”
Meet the Mainiacs: Shinichi Samejima
Last But Not Least… Me: Okay, okay, Shinichi, we need to give Laura a chance to get revenge… uh… I mean, introduce you. Shinichi: *puts notebook away* Laura: Thank you. Well, kochira Shinichi desu. Shinichi: *visible surprise* Laura: 😎 One of my other Japanese friends taught me that. It means, ‘This is Shinichi’. Anyway in case you haven’t already deducedContinue reading “Meet the Mainiacs: Shinichi Samejima”
Meet the Mainiacs: Laura Hamilton
(This is the third in the series… for context, start here 🙂 ) Featuring: Laura Hamilton, the costume-, mischief- and match-maker of ARCHIVE, Shinichi Samejima, an ex-ARC-researcher, and me, their author. 🙂 I promise these two have important roles in the plot XD Me: So do you two know what’s going on? Laura: Yeah, LuckyContinue reading “Meet the Mainiacs: Laura Hamilton”
Meet the Mainiacs: Amber Elkhoury
Picking up where we left off, with Lucky needing to prove something and Amber slightly nervous about where he’ll take her introduction… Me: *still laughing* ok ok ok yes, Lucky, you can introduce Amber now it’s your turn go. Lucky: Good. Time for revenge. Well, this is Amber. Amber: *tries to stop laughing and listen*Continue reading “Meet the Mainiacs: Amber Elkhoury”
Meet the Mainiacs: Lucky Holmes
Welcome to a strange little corner of my brain, inhabited by made-up people and almost-humour. While I take a break from thinking over Christmas, please enjoy getting to know the main characters (or mainiacs, as I call them) from my novel, An Experiment in Time and Memory! Featuring: Me, the author who has a strangelyContinue reading “Meet the Mainiacs: Lucky Holmes”
The best writing tool you own
What tools do you use for your craft? What do you write, or sketch, or compose on? I’m so tech-reliant these days. When I was a child, we had a two-hour screen-time limit per day, and honestly, I can’t remember what I did with the other hours! Now that I use my computer for work,Continue reading “The best writing tool you own”
Was that it??
I admit that my last post was a last-ditch effort to motivate myself to start the next draft of my novel, An Experiment in Time and Memory An Immutable Past. And it worked! Kind of… (If you haven’t read my last post already, it will provide some context for this post 🙂 ) A weekContinue reading “Was that it??”
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