Book Review: The Maid of Fairbourne Hall
The Maid of Fairbourne Hall by Julie Klassen To escape her stepfather’s scheme to marry her off to a dishonorable man, Margaret Macy flees from London to the country disguised as a housemaid. If she can remain unwed until her next birthday, she will receive an inheritance, and with it, sweet independence. However, Margaret never planned on actually working as a […]
NaNoWriMo: Day 11
Hi y’all! I know I haven’t posted in a long, long, long, long time, but I’ve been super busy. And had nothing at all to say. Well, I’ve currently written 15,044 words. That’s nine chapters. I’m not very far into the book either, plot-wise … so I imagine this is going to be a pretty […]
The Last Week of NaNo Prep
I don’t know how it is for you, but for me outlining in the technical sense of outlining is nearly impossible! I can do it for already-existent works, but I can’t make an outline out of the swirling plotline (or lines) in my head! November 1st will be this coming Sunday and I haven’t gotten […]
Character Plotting
I can’t give you any sage advice on developing characters … I’m not exactly an expert writer! … but I’ll give you a bit of insight on how I do it. A note: this is for if you have the plot and not the character. If you had less idea as to how the plot […]
Those Unneccessary Characters ….
When you write a book, you’ll like as not create several characters that are just unnecessary to the plot. You’ll put a lot into them; developing backstories, personalities, pages and pages of hard work. And then … you’ll find that those characters are more hinder than a help to your novel! I had several of these […]
