Writing

Behind the Scene: The Train Talk

In this week’s blog post we are going to take a look at THAT conversation, and why it went the way it did…

Character Study: Luc

Luc is a Nephilim- and one of the original generation- not born but created. He is a passionate charismatic idealist. He has a twisted concept of loyalty, right, and wrong. He is driven, determined, and single minded to the point of recklessness.

Writing Advice: Creating Characters

In this month’s writing advice I am going to break down how I approach creating the characters for my books- not just the individuals, but how they all work together as a cast as well!

Behind the Scene: The Prostitute in Paris

Today I’m taking you behind the scene of the Prostitute Achaia and her crew meet in Paris in chapter eleven of Transgression, book one of The Kingdom Come Series. There’s a lot going on in this scene as well as behind it! Let’s dive in to why it was so important to not only the story but the book itself.

Character Study: Shael

One of the reasons I love the enneagram over other personality typing systems for character development is its inherent ability to make characters more complex and dynamic. People don’t fit and stay in boxes like INTJ (of which I often peek my head out of). We have different facets of our personalities and different situations and people may bring out healthier or unhealthier sides of us.

Writing Advice: The Strategy

I’m going to unpack my approach to drafting books. I am not a plotter, nor am I entirely a pantser. Somewhere between the two, though I lean more toward pantsing, I write fast. And I don’t struggle with writer’s block. Here’s the strategy that I have used to write all of my books.

Behind the Scene: The Homeless Man

Today I’m taking you behind the scene of the demon possessed homeless man from the prologue of Transgression, book one in The Kingdom Come Series. I’ll be sharing my thought process and some of the underlying motivations I had behind what all really happens in that moment.

Character Study: Me, Myself, and I

As I mentioned in this month’s Behind the Scene, I started writing Transgression as a way to figure out who I was and who I wanted to be.

I relate a lot to Noland and what he said in his interview, “I like to hunt down my areas of weakness and turn them into strengths.” The best way for me to do that was to take a good, long, honest look at myself and come to terms with what I was, and what I was working with. I thought that would be easier to do in bite sized, manageable chunks.

Writing Advice: The Starting Point

A lot of aspiring writers have that desire to tell a great story that will captivate readers, and keep them flipping pages well into the early hours of morning, unwilling to put down their book. But that is a lofty goal to have in mind from the start. How do you break that down into something that is not only achievable, but but simple and fun?

Behind the Scene: The Cloud Scene

Today I’m taking you behind the scene of Noland taking Achaia up onto a cloud to flee from the shadows- terrible demons- in book one of The Kingdom Come Series, Transgression. I’ll be talking about some fun facts, and what all went into creating this moment with the characters.