Sep 10, 2023 | Biblical Fiction, Dialogue in fiction, Faith, Happenings, On Writing
In early June, I taught the last of my series, “Nine Women of the Bible, as You Never Knew Them.” Based on my nine Biblical novels, we had some lively discussions and several gals did some research on their own. There is so much more to these women than the brief...
Sep 10, 2023 | Biblical Fiction, Dialogue in fiction, Faith, Happenings, My Life, On Writing
Starting over isn’t easy at any age, let alone when you are over 75. My agent and friend for over 15 years has had to close her agency due to severe health problems. We worked together well on many books and I will miss her. The problem is, I’m still writing, but now...
Sep 3, 2010 | Dialogue in fiction
It’s been a while again, but we’ve been traveling. Dialogue #4 I skipped over using profanity, but now I’d like to address that subject in dialogue. If you are a Christian fiction writer, at one time or another you will have to face what to do about...
Apr 1, 2010 | Dialogue in fiction
As I said before, dialogue moves the story. Your characters should be natural and not appear to be stilted to the reader. Imagine yourself talking to a friend about a new restaurant you’ve just visited. The meal was wonderful and the chocolate dessert just...
Mar 24, 2010 | Dialogue in fiction
Dialogue #1 All of us have read novels where we either could not follow who was speaking, or the means used to differentiate between speakers was forced. Dialogue moves your story so that we are not just reading narrative. When our characters are speaking, we need...
Mar 7, 2010 | Dialogue in fiction
I’ve neglected my blog site for a while but am encouraged to try blogging again and hope to do a series on dialogue. I think it’s a difficult area for new authors to tackle and is so essential to moving the story. Stay tuned!
