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...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Mar 21, 2019 | Uncategorized, Writing craft, writing tips
Today is the second half of Lynne Pleau’s blog post that gives tips on writng great titles. Part 1 showed us the various types of titles. Part 2 is the how-to portion. Take it away Lynne. Entitled to Sell, Part 2 By Lynne Pleau Originally published in the...