Be Inspired: Treehoppers’ Bizarre, Wondrous Helmets Use Wing Genes to Grow
These bugs have growths called helmets, and they can look like just about anything…including poop! But they’re causing…
Robots Made Entirely Of Living Cells
We’re getting closer and closer to accepting our robot overlords! When science fiction inspires science. Scientists have created…
The Real Wonder Women
Centuries have passed with the world believing Amazons were a myth. We now have evidence they were real,…
E-books imagined in 1935
Illustration from Everyday Science and Mechanics The April, 1935 issue of Everyday Science and Mechanics included this invention which was…
Book Birthday: Hope for Us Yet by Jennifer M. Lane
Congratulations to Jennifer M. Lane! Her third book in The Collected Stories of Ramsbolt was released yesterday! Hope…
Book Birthday: Joy Comes in the Mourning by Jessica Allen
Happy book birthday to Jessica Allen on her debut book Joy Comes in the Mourning! When Jessica’s infant…
Book Birthday: Penny’s Loft by Jennifer M. Lane
Happy book birthday to Ink Slinger client Jennifer M. Lane! Penny’s Loft, the second book in the Collected…
Third Person Omniscient or Head Hopping?
Point of view is probably one of the most important choices you will make as an author. Will you choose first person? It has the advantage of being inherently intimate. The reader knows what the character is thinking and sees everything from their perspective. That can be fun. When the character is fooled, so is the reader. It can link the reader emotionally to the narrative. First person is a great choice for fiction.
Create the Perfect Elevator Pitch
What’s your book about? How you answer that question can mean the difference between an agent or publisher and relative obscurity. It can absolutely set you on the path to having a bestselling indie title.
Save That A**hole
Today, we’re going to talk about characters. All stories root for someone to stop being an a**hole. Maybe the person doesn’t realize they are being an a**hole. Maybe they do. But at the heart of every story, we want the character to get their sh*t together. To overcome their basic internal garbage and rise above their circumstances and win.
