I had the privilege of interviewing with Taylor Kent of Snark Infested Waters last Thursday night. The podcast is now up for your listening pleasure, so check it out! He asked me lots of fun questions about writing. Click here to listen to the interview and see all the links we spoke of during the… Continue Reading
View Not My Face- a song from To Darkness Fled
I bought a microphone months ago to record an MP3 file of me reading my first chapter so that people could download it to their computers or iPods, etc. It took me a really long time to figure all this out. I downloaded Audacity and the MP3 file extension. Then I played with it unti I… Continue Reading
How I made my book trailer
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uACoWzhiyB4]I talked about how I made my book trailer in this month’s issue of CFOM. Here is an excerpt from the article. Click on the link at the end to read the full article. I designed my Book Trailer using Windows Movie Maker. This program comes free on most PC computers. Before you decide on… Continue Reading
Gatekeepers by Robert Liparulo
Review by Jill Williamson We last left Xander and David King in the Civil War world where they stumbled onto a clue to their mother’s whereabouts. They rush back to tell their father, only to discover Taksidian and some cops at the front door. Taksidian has reported the Kings’ house as unfit to live in.… Continue Reading
Book two is done! Well…done-ish. :-)
It’s true. After a month of serious focus, I have finished the first (edited) draft of To Darkness Fled. It is now safely in the hands of my trusted critique partners who will let me know what works and what doesn’t. I was sharing this process with a lady from my church and got a… Continue Reading
Nightmare Academy by Frank Peretti
Review by Gretchen Hoffman A fifteen-year-old boy shows up along a highway interstate. He doesn’t know his name, how to dress himself, and has no memory of what’s happened to him. He simply repeats the words, “Nightmare Academy.” This is when teenage detectives Elijah and Elisha come into play. They go undercover as runaways where… Continue Reading
Monster by Frank Peretti
Review by Jill Williamson Beck is not thrilled to be taking this survival weekend with her husband Reed. She isn’t a big fan of the outdoors, but Reed thinks a wild camping adventure is just the thing to cure her of her nervous stutter. During their first night of camping, a horrifying wail pierced the… Continue Reading
Some interesting medieval facts
While I was finishing up book two in the Blood of Kings series, I pulled out all my medieval research from book one to refresh my memory on the times. Here are some fun things I learned about the middle ages that I tried to use in my book. -Medieval people did not eat with forks… Continue Reading
By Darkness Hid by Jill Williamson
Review by B. Britton This book really surprised me. I am a person who loves to read. I read everything I can get my hands on. From romance to science fiction, there really isn’t a book I won’t pick up. So I think I know a good book when I read one, and this is… Continue Reading
By Darkness Hid Nominated
How cool is this? My novel was nominated on a very long list of favorite fantasy books. Go check out this list and vote for your favorite. If you want to vote for By Darkness Hid, you’ve got to scroll way down to Williamson. http://101fantasybooks.wordpress.com/vote-for-101-fantasy/
THE ART OF DESCRIPTION, PART TWO
2. Dialogue and the dreaded “ly” controversy. Many writers are tempted to replace the word “said” with something more creative. That would be a big telling mistake. Many writers also like to use an adverb (often a “ly” word) to help the reader know exactly how something was said. This is also a big telling… Continue Reading
The First Medieval Zip Line?
Sometimes a writer gets an idea in her head and really has to work hard to figure out how that idea will work out on paper. Since I have no medieval knights I can call up for an interview, I had to ask my resident hunter. Greg seemed quite excited to answer my myriad of… Continue Reading