The Realms of a Fantastical Mind

We need our computer, some paper and pens, or some nifty software so that we can organize the craziness of our books. With all these things, our greatest tools may be overlooked. What are they you ask... go ahead ask. I'll tell you what they are (IMHO) Critique partners, Beta readers, and Editors. Yes, your greatest tools as a writer are those people who take time out of their lives to hack and slash your baby into little red filled pages of suffering.  They are the reason we writers need to have thicker skin than a killer whale. They are also the reason why the successful author's books get read, and read and read over again. It's common knowledge that as a writer we get so involved with our babies, so much care taken to make every word choice perfect, that we don't see the blaring black holes in our plot, or the grossly overused metaphor that needs to go. We need those extra set of eyes to point out the flaws. So what is the difference between ...

Welcome to a world where imagination entwines into reality. Thoughts take shape and dance with the written word. Several minds collide twisting as rings around a planet of ideas. Thanks to the brain child of an AQC friend of mine, T. Bruce, I'll be joining a group of fellow writers in a blog ring.  We have several ideas floating about waiting to become cross blog events.  It should be interesting, I can't wait to see this baby grow. There are six of us joining the ring, aspiring writers T. Bruce, Dawn G. Sparrow, D. C. Rich and well... me. We also have two published writers to grace our ring, Sandra Ulbrich Almazan, and T.W. Fendley. This should be quite the journey .  T. Bruce - Terri Bruce Net As I said, this is her brain baby, on her blog she writes about point of view and other helpful tips on writing.  She is very insightful and thought provoking. She has said that she writes   genre-crossing speculative fiction that defies labels - ...