Developing a new character from scratch is a wonderful exercise. You get to build the character from the ground up, deciding everything about them. Where were they born? Where did they go to school? Why are they so angry all the time? There are a lot of questions to consider when creating a character. […]
I spent a great weekend at the Author U Extravaganza talking with publishers, writers, and printers. Eric Kampmann, President of MidPoint Trade Books remembered being a part of one of my writing workshops at a conference in 2009 where he was a keynote speaker. At lunch, Eric asked me to tell a colleague what his […]