Category: Writer

I started writing poetry in college, when I took a one-week graduate-level poetry course. I ate, drank, and slept poetry. It seeped into my blood and still pumps through me, impacting all my writing. My favorite lesson from the poetry course was: Poetry is a snapshot of life. Capture the senses and emotions of a … Continue reading Lyrical Writing

Save the cat! Writes a novel is a wonderful writing resource. One of its tips is to plug a story or story idea into a “Logline template”. Here’s the template (the bold represent beats in a story): On the verge of a stasis = death moment, a flawed hero breaks into 2; but when the midpoint happens, they must learn the theme … Continue reading Logline template

My latest writing project is very different from anything else I’ve written. It’s a cookbook! But those who know how much I love fantasy might not be surprised that this cookbook ended up with a fantasy theme. Some people might be surprised, though, that the whole book is focused on oatmeal. After all, isn’t oatmeal … Continue reading Guest Post from author Annie Douglass Lima

The King’s Trial is a Whitney Awards Nominee! I’ll find out in February if my book places as a finalist.

Do you ever meet someone and they are so colorful and unique that it seems they stepped from a book? I was looking through some of my old (2002) writer’s notebooks and found a bunch of character sketches of real people. Here are my two favorites. The first was a college classmate and the other … Continue reading Characters in real life