by Cindy Ervin Huff | May 7, 2019 | Author Interview, Uncategorized
Hope Bolinger is younger than my children and makes me jealous to see all she’s accomplished in her young life. Now that I’ve confessed it, LOL, on with the interview. Welcome Hope, it’s so fun to have young blood on my blog. It reminds readers we can follow our...
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 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...