Obviously, the researchers never caught me attempting to sew. On the other hand, I was told, “people who like math are good with computers.” Ha! If I could cut and paste the elementary way, well no problem. But there are buttons on this “New Blog” home page that don’t work for me. I keep clicking…
Author: Rainey Hall
The first poem I wrote, (cowboy poetry), was somewhere around age nine, and had something to do with a pig’s snout.
My first self-published work was a fictional short story titled, The Frozen Moose. I was living in the far reaches of humanity where the weather frequented 0, volunteering for Welcome Home Warrior, now defunct, and helping at retreats for active duty and veteran families. That’s when a friend of mine committed suicide. Out of those experiences came the above story.
I love researching, learning, and writing Women’s/Historical Fiction.
Currently, I contribute a blog every month to RMFW.org. I enjoy any mammal, walking uphill, ATVing, learning, reading, taking naps, gardening, and church service.
A Slice of Tension and a Dash of Danger
Q: What contributes conflict to your story and characters? A #1: TENSION with a slice of underlying tension The Breakout Novelist by Donald #Maass is full of hints and writing exercises that can strip down a conversation to its basics in order to produce great tension. Maass teaches, “…it is not information itself that nails…
Literary or Genre? That is the Question.
As I searched for topics for this month’s blog, this article captured my attention. “In essence, the best Genre Fiction contains great writing, with the goal of telling a captivating story to escape from reality. Literary Fiction is comprised of the heart and soul of a writer’s being, and is experienced as an emotional journey…
What Now?
Part I While on a short walk, I observed a man, I’ll call him #homeless, albeit, I’m not sure. The upside-down orange bucket upon which he sat had the appearance of a sword practice target, slashes down one side, slits from jabs scattered from top to bottom. This bedraggled man held a book with both…
Q: What’s a Story Without Characters?
How does one write characters for bestsellers? 1. Voice What is “voice” in writing? Voice is you, your choice of words, and how you use them. John #Grisham, readers know, will always give them a legal thriller, (unless the book is a poignant story of growing up.) Mark #Twain wrote, “You don’t know about me…