I recently listened to the audio version of Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife. The book was on my radar for a long time: some of my own readers saw parallels between Niffenegger’s handling of a relationship interrupted by time travel and my own Take Back Tomorrow, so I kept hearing about the book, but…
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Last post, I talked a bit about character motivation. Think of this as Part 2, but with a twist. To recap, briefly, if we’re looking at a major character, readers need to know what motivates that character, what gets him or her going, what causes the character to risk life and limb or to dig…
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I’ve been a bit quiet for the last couple of weeks: Christmas stuff, a shift in my schedule, and trying to finish the first draft of my follow-up to Dead Man’s Hand are all taking time away from blogging (and other things I should be doing). I ran into a little problem about halfway through…
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