In Case You Missed it, here’s the round-up of all of my latest content, plus updates from old guests!
Read on if you want to know more. If not? See you next week with more writing tips and writerly musings.
Coming up this week:
On Youtube/Twitch:
- Morgan’s Lazy Sunday Afternoon “Productivity” Stream: – 4:30pm EST. Come, hang out, eat snacks, and maybe even get some productivity done yourself. Or join the livestreams here on twitch!
Content Around The Web:
On Youtube:
- Out of Control Characters – Some authors tightly control their characters, requiring them to follow an outline. But other authors say there are things their characters won’t do. What do authors do when their characters go off script? Do you try to regain control (and how?) or go where the characters take you?
- Alternate Morality: What makes a character ‘morally grey’, why do we like them, has the line moved, and how to handle conflicting moral systems. Notes from the titular Balticon 57 panel, featuring John Scalzi.
- Better Beta Reading: For the Authortube Writer’s Conference: So you’ve been asked (or offered) to beta-read for someone. Or maybe *you’re* the one looking for beta readers. For both sides of the pen — giving and taking feedback that helps — and still be on speaking terms after it’s all said and done.
- Shorts (Also available on TikTok )
On Season 6 of the Podcast “Writing Tips and Writerly Musings”:
- Balticon 2023 Recap – BONUS EPISODE: I think I’m about four naps shy of recovering from Balticon 57, but I’m home and back at work. Despite my multitude of hats, I managed to do it all!
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On The Blog (In Case You Missed It):
- Out of Control Characters – Some authors tightly control their characters, requiring them to follow an outline. But other authors say there are things their characters won’t do. What do authors do when their characters go off script? Do you try to regain control (and how?) or go where the characters take you?
- Alternate Morality: What makes a character ‘morally grey’, why do we like them, has the line moved, and how to handle conflicting moral systems. Notes from the titular Balticon 57 panel, featuring John Scalzi.
Upcoming Events:
Imaginarium Convention 2023 – July 14-16th, 2023 – Louisville, KY
What I’ve Been Reading:
A LOT of romances. I binged through Sherry Thomas‘s Regency Romances, including
The Fitzhugh Trilogy (#1-4)
When the Duke of Lexington meets the mysterious Baroness von Seidlitz-Hardenberg on a transatlantic liner, he is fascinated. She’s exactly what he’s been searching for—a beautiful woman who interests and entices him. He falls hard and fast—and soon proposes marriage.
And then she disappears without a trace…
For in reality, the “baroness” is Venetia Easterbrook—a proper young widow who had her own vengeful reasons for instigating an affair with the duke. But the plan has backfired. Venetia has fallen in love with the man she despised—and there’s no telling what might happen when she is finally unmasked…
And then started Jamie Farrell (Pippa Grant)’s
The Misfit Brides Series (#1-7)
Single mom Natalie Castellano isn’t feeling so blissful these days…
Natalie’s made a career out of screwing up all over her hometown. But it’s redemption time, and she’s putting on her big girl panties to make sure this year’s bridal festival goes off without a hitch. Even if it means she has to play nice with the man who broke her fairy tale.
She’s definitely not the one for him. Or is she…
World adventurer and reluctant local hero CJ Blue doesn’t want to be in Bliss anymore than Natalie wants him here. But family obligations have brought him back, and now, and now he’s somehow been roped into saving the town tradition he’d rather forget with the woman whose kiss he can’t forget. She frustrates him and drives him nuts but he’s had more fun giving her a hard time about the bridal festival than he has in years.
And their fun is just starting…
Despite their rocky past, these two wounded souls have more in common than they expect. They’ve both loved and lost, they’ve both tried to move on, and now they’ve both been been banned from the local church confessional after…well, they’re not supposed to talk about it. But by joining forces for the sake of Bliss, they might find the courage and the sparks to risk love one more time.
New Works By Previous Guests:
New from Peter Servido:
Firewalker
In a world forever changed by a devastating event, young Kentran struggles to survive alongside her tribe in the harsh wasteland that remains. But when a powerful new threat emerges, Kentran discovers that she has been chosen as the tribe’s only hope for salvation.
In order to save her people, Kentran must become a Firewalker, someone who will transcend the flames and enter into a different plane of existence to gain the power to defeat their enemy. With no one else to turn to, Kentran sets out on a perilous journey to master her newfound abilities and save her tribe from certain destruction.
As she trains to become a true Firewalker, Kentran learns that the key to unlocking her power lies not just in controlling the flames, but also in understanding herself and the world around her. But can she overcome her inner fears and become the hero her people need before it’s too late?
Picture(s) of the Week:
To celebrate the end of Pride Month, the sky shared its own rainbow with me.
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