by Cindy Ervin Huff | Apr 11, 2019 | Uncategorized, writer's tip
My title might confuse you. I’m not writing about a grisly crime, rather a common writing mistake. The first time an editor wrote floating body parts or FBP on my manuscript I had to ask for an explanation. A floating body part is when an attribute is given to a body...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Apr 4, 2019 | Book Recommendations, Writing craft
Today, as promised, I will continue my list of craft books I have on my personal book shelves. I’ve been writing for decades. However, writing novels has been a more recent thing. Without giving my age away I started my first novel when I was 50, and it took ten years...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Apr 2, 2019 | Uncategorized, writer's tip
Every new writer is told over and over through conference speakers, blogs, articles and seasoned authors that they need to read craft books. Over the years, I bought several. Today I thought I’d share a portion of them with you. Some I’ve read cover to cover, others...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Mar 28, 2019 | Author Interview, Uncategorized
Susan G. Mathis is my guest today. Her journey from journalist writing to historical fiction is an encouragement to all writers that there is a season for everything. And she has had many seasons. Welcome Susan, let’s get started with one of my favorite question. When...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Mar 26, 2019 | Character ideas, Uncategorized, writer's tip
This past week I read a friend’s blog, and she mentioned whiles going through her story she found she’d changed the eye color of her character. I laughed. Then I found I’d changed a secondary character’s name after the first few chapters of my own...
