A Deck of Cards

Has it ever happened to you to say: Character A is tall, dark hair, dark skin, green eyes, handsome Character B is short, blond with long her in her back and pretty. Character C is etc.... So you have a list, somewhere. On paper. in a folder. So well tidied in a drawer... Do you see where I'm going with this? And then when you read your story draft you find out that Character A who had dark hair now has bleach hair, and Character B has dark skin and is full of tattoo's. So. Does that seem familiar? Well, I did a small- that expended mind you...- excel document to catalogue all the things my characters were like. From their appearance, to what they like to do on their free time, to what they excel at, or that they suck at, to what they fear, etc... And that really helps. For now at least. I only wrote one chapter today, plus I looked at other writing pieces that I have from before to see if anything needed to be modified. So there we go. I mean, it has been a d...

Birds. Huh? Well that's what it felt like yesterday afternoon when I was walking around and saw some birds in the sky. I felt really dumb for a moment as I realized that I was missing the small details in my descriptions. My thoughts at the time went along those lines: Birds. huh. Interesting. Pigeons. Mouettes ( since I did not know the right word to translate that one).  Vultures. They can be details to a specific area, a specific place or event.    Duh. That is kind of obvious, no? Clearly not. So that is something that I realized and observe for any writing genre, because no matter what, description is important. Not too much, and not too little. But important nevertheless.

Hi everyone, Well I don't know if you know this author: Marc Levy. I really love his books. The way he writes is just amazing: in pocket format, they are easy to take everywhere as well as easy to read. So I went to France this summer with the kids to visit my family. And when we went to the book store, I saw the latest books from Marc Levy, the ones that I did not have in my collection yet :) So I bought a couple... or three. And I read " L'horizon a l'envers " (the horizon upside down). At first, I didn't particularly like any of the characters. Too much scientific for my taste if you like. But 3/4 of the book later, I was in tears. And I thought: "How did that happen?", "How did I get in this state for average characters?" I highly recommend for anyone to read this book. So. On a writer's side note. I wonder: How does Marc Levy do it? How does he make the readers care so much in such a short amount of time? For me, it feels li...

Here is a little something I wrote yesterday, and typed today. I am planning to expend on the idea to get it in my book somewhere (Maybe). Let's see :) If you want to comment any constructive critic, I'll be happy to listen. Thanks. Please bare in mind that this is free hand and may not be the same later on. It's like a first draft: this is the skeleton. It's missing the muscles, tendons and flesh at least... 'You shouldn’t have done that!' The lithe goddess says in lieu of greeting. The once imposing figure of the God snaps to the side, a frown on his face. 'What.' 'You know what! Get involved!' ' La petite needs all the help she can get,' he says, taking off his cloak. 'You of all the Gods should know that!' 'Of course I know that, but... you know the rules. Already, remember what happened to you the last time… She was not impressed. And she ripped you apart. If this gets out…' The God brushes his hand in the ...