Few things make me DNF books quicker than lousy conflict. Well, lousy characters, too, but anyway, today’s topic is conflict. I find books with minimal to no conflict boring. The writing could be polished, the dialogue clever, the sex hot, but without conflict? I’m out. Especially in romance. For me, the best conflict is pretty […]
Well-written dialogue is probably my favorite thing about both reading and writing. And it’s something all of my favorite authors have in common. The best dialogue, IMO, is natural sounding–not just to the time period the story is set, but also to the characters themselves. Anyone who’s ever had me edit a book for them […]
A couple years ago, I was sitting and writing when I heard my daughter yell at the anime she was watching, “That’s not a character, that’s a fucking plot device!” I can’t even tell you guys how proud I was. Seriously. So. Fucking. Proud. Now, there are a lot of things that I’d consider the […]
Best and Worst is a newish feature where we just talk about whatever we feel is the best and worst of the scheduled topic, and this month, we’re talking about POV. Worst: Ugh–Third Person Omniscient. I don’t know if I can straight up say it’s the worst POV–I mean, a lot of people enjoy it. […]