When your protagonist is not human, how do you build a connection between your character and your human readers? Brenda Clough offers 7 tips for making SFF characters relatable.
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According to award winning author Danielle Girard, fully realized characters are key to creating an action-packed, page-turning plot.
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Choosing a book title is such a momentous decision! Sometimes it takes brainstorming sessions over months or years. Here’s how we chose mine.
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We were at a big conference and may or may not have been sitting in the bar, kind of kvetching about promotion and marketing and how hard it all can be, when we had this lightbulb moment that it might not be so tough if we did it together.
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Interested in writing for tweens or teens but don’t know the difference between middle grade (MG) and young adult (YA) fiction? Middle grade writer F.T. (Fleur) Bradley gives pointers on crafting an engaging MG novel that will delight tweens (and the people who buy books for them).
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When writing SF or fantasy, the SF or fantasy element must be core. It can’t be a surface veneer – it has to be in the structure of the work. What does that mean and how do you do it? Accomplished SFF author Brenda Clough explains.
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