Here is an overview of some dandy writing books that I’ve gone back to, time and time again, over the years. The advice in most of these have led me through over 20 years of writing. Perhaps they will help you as well. Janet Burroway. Writing Fiction: A Guide to …
“Up!” Dyrfinna said. The great wings opened, and the dragon’s muscles flexed under her hands. She gripped the forward strap fastened around the dragon. The wings, like living sails, cast a gigantic shadow on the ground below them. Then with a great thrust of those wings, the dragon sprang into …
Today, at the behest of my co-author Pauline Creeden, I made this big change in both stories, taking out the cliffhanger ending in FLAME OF BATTLE and moving it all into FIRE OF ROSES. Now we have a nice resolution in Flame, and Roses isn’t all confusing. But the big …
When I was a kid trying to go to sleep, I always had this kind of noxious daydream that my path in life wasn’t this nice neat little path to success. I imagined the path to success leading up and down this series of close hills, the sides of which …
“OMG Melinda, how can I get my hands on a sneak peek of this book you keep talking about?” you might be saying. Well guess what I fixed up last night — the first six chapters of this story all in a nice neat package for your reading device. Download …
Preorder THE FLAME OF BATTLE here. And look at that lovely cover, guys. In the flame of battle, even the innocent get burned… Dyrfinna is a born commander. She bests her peers in dragon riding, sword fighting, and battle strategy. So when the Queen calls the people of Skala to …
In the flame of battle, even the innocent get burned… Dyrfinna is a born commander. She bests her peers in dragon riding, sword fighting, and battle strategy. So when the Queen calls the people of Skala to battle to revenge her murdered daughter, Dyrfinna outfits a ship and brings a …
Completed the first draft of THE FLAME OF BATTLE, i.e. the epic Viking book, and it is *gulp* 91,522 words long. Here are the stats: I wrote those words (plus others) over the past 82 days, averaging 1,130 words/day, despite it being busy season at work. I have absolutely *never* …
Here’s another little bit of my Viking story, THE FLAME OF BATTLE. Dyrfinna’s troops are on a little bit of mountain, which they’ve fortified against the enemy. They’re outnumbered ten to one, and Dyrfinna is waiting — hoping — for the arrival of the rest of the fleet before they …
I’ve cracked 45,000 words in my Viking novel! I’m a little over halfway through. I hope to have this book finished in March and up for preorder about that same time. Then you’ll be hearing a lot more about it. Also I will have time to actually do more outside …
