by PennyFreeman | Jan 13, 2015 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY JESSICA SHEN Vision Boarding: Oftentimes we may find that we lose inspiration, or have trouble visualizing parts of our story, whether it’s a character, or a room, or the whole scene itself. For you crazy creative types with overactive imaginations, this probably...
by PennyFreeman | Dec 20, 2014 | Featured Friday
BY R. M. RIDLEY There was something about the way she moved that made Jonathan sit up and take notice, and it wasn’t the sway of her hips. She had a lithe economy of motion that made his fight-or-flight response vibrate more than a spider’s web in fish-fly...
by PennyFreeman | Nov 20, 2014 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY PENNY FREEMAN In my last post, we talked about how choosing the words your characters say helps to develop not only their history, but that of the world around them. In reviewing it, one perfect example of this popped into my head: TV’s Firefly, and its...
by PennyFreeman | Nov 18, 2014 | Events, Inside Marketing
BY JESSICA SHEN We are back from an amazing weekend at Teslacon, and boy did we leave with some great memories! This is a little belated, but I wanted to take the time to collect all my impressions before writing up this blog. First, here is a quick recap of our...
by PennyFreeman | Oct 31, 2014 | Editor's Notes, Writing
BY SHAUNTEL SIMPER DISCLAIMER: If the following advice seems frivolous, awesome. I’m genuinely happy for you! Go out and write and enjoy every moment of it. To the rest of us, consider this: when is the last time you wrote something for you? It’s far too common to get...