I AM a writer. Not shocking news, right? Are you a writer? Does your spouse/partner read your work? Would it make a difference to you or affect your relationship if they didn’t read it or even show an interest in what you do creatively? While it is always great to have a spouse/partner who […]
AS AN author, one of the most challenging parts of the writing process is knowing when to stop. What does that mean exactly? Well, when you write your story, you have to understand that there comes a time when the rewrites and the editing process have to reach a final stage of acceptance that the story […]
NOT ONLY does everyone love a villain, but they also love to hate the villain. Some villains have over-the-top yet wonderfully malevolent personalities; other times, their evil persona is cold, controlled, and calculated. If a writer can make their villainous character, or characters, more than two dimensional, the reading audience will embrace their wickedness as […]
IT IS often said to write what you know. Sometimes, there is a strong desire to write about where you know, too—so to speak. From the beginning, before laying a finger on my keyboard, I knew Vindictive would take place in Canada. While I planned to set scenes in several well-known Canadian locales, my primary […]
HERE IS the thing about some of my favourite books, like The Witching Hour by Anne Rice, The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, and Dracula by Bram Stoker—all three of these novels feature something quite heavily: descriptive detail. These are the types of novels I love to read. Rich and elucidative texts make my […]
Straight-up Revenge IN VINDICTIVE, I wanted to show that even an intensely unlikable character such as Jules had her reasons for investing so much of herself in acting cruel, vicious, and manipulative towards others, especially those who appear weaker and innocent of transgressions. Jules was not born this way; she is a creation of circumstances […]
