Seriously Write: Take a Story Vacation by Karen Barnett
Sandra Ardoin @sandraardoin One of my writing goals has always been to make my novels’ settings so significant that readers fall in love with the place as much as the characters. Karen Barnett Come on by the Seriously Write blog…
Seriously Write: Make Them Think You Lived There: The Importance of Setting by Norma Gail
How can you make your setting real to your readers? On the Seriously Write blog today, author Norma Gail provides seven tips from her own experience in helping her readers see, smell, hear, feel, and taste what it’s like to…
Guest Post: Smell the Chile and Hear the Bagpipes By Norma Gail
I dare you to read Norma Gail’s post without a Scottish accent. 🙂 I want you to smell the chile roasting in Bonny’s native New Mexico and hear the bagpipes of Kieran’s home in Scotland. My hope was to make…
Setting: A Best Book Breaker or Pusher? by Carole Brown
#NovelSettings #Writing #Reading A novel’s setting can become like another character. It can set a mood or affect an event in the plot. I asked the author of The Redemption of Caralynne Hayman, Carole Brown, to share a bit about…