by Fiona Ross | Jan 4, 2025 | Articles, News
Interesting times? Let’s face it, times are difficult. I usually do at least a turn-of-the-year update to let anyone who’s interested know I’m still around and what I’m doing. It’s a weird world we live in these days or maybe it’s only that I’ve surfaced...
by Fiona Ross | Jun 11, 2024 | Articles, My Fiction
Genre Fiction is a landscape populated with many different species, including subspecies. Authors and publishers need to know the layout because their livelihood depends on it. For genre and subgenre read “readers’ tastes” and for Genre Fiction read...
by admin | Jul 25, 2020 | Articles
World building is a big thing for writers today. Readers and viewers like to escape to the familiar, fantasy or unknown worlds where our characters dwell. As we embark on designing our new world, we’re thinking landscape and orientation, key features and...
by Fiona Ross | Jan 30, 2024 | Articles
Words will never hurt me Cut it with the bad reviews! How to respond to negative reviews for fiction writers and readers? We’ve all heard the saying, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Well, tell that to authors who...
by Fiona Ross | Aug 13, 2023 | Articles, News
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Original Classic Animation Disney, 1937 Director: David HandWriters: Ted Sears, Richard Creedon, Otto Englander, Dick Rickard, Earl Hurd, Merrill De Maris, Dorothy Ann Blank, and Webb Smith. Based on: Grimm’s Fairytale of Snow...
by Fiona Ross | Jun 5, 2023 | Articles
I didn’t see a future where the bots get to write fiction, music, and to paint while humans do all the cr*p jobs. Some twitter wag. Sorry I can’t credit it, but if he/she//they/bot gets in touch, I’d be happy to. Ha ha, it’s a fresh take on the problem,...
by Fiona Ross | May 14, 2023 | Articles
Fantasy Romance Heroes And Lovers: Fairytales Do Come True – Really? Tune up your heartstrings, people, because we’re diving into the world of fantasy romance heroes and lovers! These irresistibly handsome enchanted creatures are the epitome of fantasy...
by Fiona Ross | Apr 13, 2023 | Articles, News
So many books, so little time. You can’t possibly get through them all, and everyone’s taste is different, so what your friend likes you might not. There are books, there are enjoyable reads, and the ones you couldn’t put down. Here are ones I simply...
by Fiona Ross | Mar 14, 2023 | Articles, My Fiction
Not the only 5 things, obviously, but in a decade of writing fiction, in my experience from online chatter, etc., these are the things that we writers seem to obsess about the most. Looking back, I think I went into it somewhat naïvely. Creative writing and essays...
by Fiona Ross | Jan 6, 2023 | News, Whimsy
If you’re a writer, it helps to dream; the best ideas can come from travels in our imaginations. Night or daydreams? A good way to go about it, is to start a bucket list. You’re never too young to begin; you give yourself more time to plan it. I’ve...
by Fiona Ross | Dec 16, 2022 | Articles, News
My Too Difficult Tray is overflowing these days and I’ll be forced to tackle it at some stage, but I suspect it’s a problem shared by many of you. Too Difficult Tray Is Stacked Amazon Fire Tablet knocks out my Internet and I can’t connect the...
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