Come for the Mysteries. Stay for the Characters.
Sight is such a dominant sense in humans that for writers to evoke the other senses, we may need to close our eyes to nature. A few days ago, I sat on the river bank near my home while the kids fished and closed my eyes to tune in my other sense to nature. Below… Continue Reading →
The first novel I ever wrote was set in West Virginia. I loved the area near the shoulder of the eastern panhandle, the mountains rising and falling like enormous whales in a deep green sea. I got a general sense of the area, but I didn’t pay attention to the details in nature. When I… Continue Reading →
My blog is following “The Journey of a Book” this year, and you can’t write a book without examining setting. Besides the buildings and landscapes our stories takes place in, we writers also have to consider the climate and the weather. I live in Ohio, which is also the setting of my mystery series. It’s… Continue Reading →
“Traveling to New Places Through Setting” comes to JPC Allen Writes from a new author to my site, Judith McNees. Judith uses her own backyard as the setting for her novels and describes her approach to transport readers there. Welcome, Judith! One of my favorite parts about reading and writing fiction is getting to experience… Continue Reading →
Welcome to the holiday season! I’m interrupting my regularly scheduled theme, which is all about endings this month, and taking time to highlight the books of writer friends. If you’re looking to buy Christian fiction as gifts, the posts this week will give you ideas on how to wrap up a great story for a… Continue Reading →
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