Tag Archives: action

Rules of Ichabod Brooks

(I wrote the first section of ‘Ichabod Brooks & the City of Beasts’.  Still deciding if I should make it one short story for 99 cents or 3 for that price.  Either way, I’m putting out the opening for all … Continue reading

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Upheaval in a Story

When writing a long series, it helps to do an upheaval for your characters.  It doesn’t have to be all of them, but shaking up the life of a few in a story can help their progress.  Even if they … Continue reading

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Action and Knowing Your Character

I’ve talked about writing action scenes before and people still ask for some tips.  Today I’m going to give a few that center on knowing your character.  Some might be repeats from other posts, but it doesn’t hurt to hear … Continue reading

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Returning to the Pen: My First Week Back to Legends of Windemere

First of all, let me direct you to all of the guest posts I’ve had this week: John W. Howell- Maintaining a Character’s Core in a Series Leigh Michaels- Writing a Lengthy Series Oloriel Moonshadow- Mentally Maintaining a Vivid Fantasy … Continue reading

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Guest Post by John W. Howell: The Untrained Thriller Hero

Thank you to John W. Howell for writing an insightful post! Last week Charles asked me a question, and I took some time to think it over. His question was a request. Here is the quote, “tips to making a … Continue reading

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The IX by Andrew Weston

Arden, home to a culture that has existed for thousands of years and which spans dozens of worlds. Regardless, their sophistication cannot prevent calamity at the hands of an unstoppable nemesis. Known only as the Horde, this enemy has proven … Continue reading

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Scarring Your Characters

It’s actually taking me an hour to find a picture for this post.  I never realized how hard it is to find a character with scars that aren’t over the top, barely visible, or on a character that’s simply over … Continue reading

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W.I.P.- Legends of Windemere

So I have this little series that I’ve been working on and it’s recently gone passed the halfway mark.  At least for what I’ve written.  I’ve only published 6 of the 15 books (I hope as I write this in … Continue reading

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A Gift that Creates 2 Smiles: Buying Indie

I’m not going to pimp out my own books here.  I do that enough on Twitter and I have the store page.  Here I’m pimping out EVERYONE’S books! It doesn’t matter what genre you’re into because there are indie authors … Continue reading

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Curse of the Dark Wind Update! #fantasy #Amazon #Kindle #Top100

Was happy to see this:   Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,942 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #56 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Action & Adventure > Fantasy #95 in Kindle … Continue reading

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