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Perception
I’ve been thinking a lot about who I am, and who I wanted to be. I always wanted to be the girl kicking ass in the movies, the one taming… Read more
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Pondering the Wandering
I started reading Anne Mcaffrey’s The Dragonriders of Pern series when I was in junior high. It was my gateway drug into fantasy and sci-fi. It was also the vague… Read more
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Carving out word time
I recently signed a contract for the third book in the Afterlife, Inc series. Obviously, this is exciting stuff. Book one comes out in March, book two in September.… Read more
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12 Days of Writing Tips: Day Seven–Action/Reaction
Does your grocery or to-do list make you emotional? Well…scratch that, it might. But would it make a random person emotional? Would they know more about you than the fact… Read more
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12 Days of Writing Tips: Day One–Dialogue Tags
So, it’s nearly midnight here in the UK, and we’ve just sent off an anthology to the printer. But I swore I’d follow through on the writing tips blogs, so… Read more
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12 Days of Writing Tips: Day Two–Point of View
Let’s discuss point of view, shall we? Question: Are you a plot driven writer, or a character driven writer? Are you more interested in the espionage, or the character’s personal… Read more
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12 Days of Writing Tips: Day Three–Genre
What do you like to read? (You do read, right?) Is that what you’re writing? There are various elements at play here. And they matter. Writing is about passion. When… Read more
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12 Days of Writing Tips: Day Four–Contractions
I did not go to the store. I will not go to the shore. I do not play the flute. I should not go down the Shute. I love The… Read more
Welcome to my blog!
I’m Vic. I’m an editor, a writer, a coffee enthusiast, a book coach, a cheerleader, a wife, a navel gazer and someone who loves to share writing stuff and random thoughts that occur to me at more random moments.
