by Denise Vega | February 6, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
Today is Picture Book Wednesday and we’re going to look at tattoos inspired by children’s books, most of them picture books for obvious, illustrative, reasons. More than one member of my extended family has a tattoo, including my brother-in-law who has an...
by Denise Vega | February 5, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
Yesterday’s prompt was to have our character write a short poem. Here’s mine, from Dominic’s POV. It’s funny, but my first instinct was to write from my main character’s POV. But again, that was too easy because I know her so well. The...
by Denise Vega | January 31, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
This Thursday I’m sharing another quote I love. Sometimes I lose sight of this when I get author envy (see part 1 and part 2 on this topic) or wish I had written a book on the bestseller list. But truly, if you writing a story you’d like to read,...
by Denise Vega | January 29, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
Yesterday we wrote a follow-up scene that was either the character being approached or confronted by someone after the meeting/assembly is over. We want to know what happens. Here’s my scene: Emma’s friends surrounded her in the hallway, as if she’d...
by Denise Vega | January 25, 2013 | Novels
Today we’ll be looking at Indigo Magic (Zaria Tourmaline series) by award-winning author Victoria Hanley. Let’s look at what Victoria does to hook us in the first few paragraphs. The Page The glacier spell is one of the most feared in Feyland, for glacier...
