by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Aug 18, 2014 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing
7 Techniques for Building (ahem) Conquering Teen Fears – The Back-To-School Edition School is often the mainstay milieu of YA and NA protagonists. Building story tension, we authors can freely add conflict upon conflict, but one emotional stake is shared among...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Aug 15, 2014 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Guest posts
It’s time to get the party started, an author friend of mine quipped. She was referring to the independent publishing party, the one where our lovingly written and agonized-over manuscripts become honest-to-goodness books for sale. I couldn’t agree...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Aug 11, 2014 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Guest posts
The character who is an unreliable narrator can be one of the most powerful tools available to a writer, telling the readers a story that the reader cannot take at face value. In this post, Now Novel, an excellent resource for writers, explains: “The...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Jul 23, 2014 | For the love of writing
A month ago, my family moved from Orange County’s endless summer to a small(ish) island off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. It’s the beginning of summer, and the weather has been sunny and warm, so climate-wise, not much of a shift. But that’s...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Jun 4, 2014 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Guest posts
A good book makes you want to live in the story. A great book gives you no choice. When a reader comes to the end of your novel, he or she lives in the world of your characters. If the story was compelling enough to get to the last word, chances are good this reader...
