Tessa explores the ins and outs of writing about your own hometown if it isn’t widely known. Especially if supernatural beings live there as well. Read More
Category: This Is My Design
We talk about what our working process looks like and why we do that.
From Book Blogger To Book Writer
Going from book blogger to book writer. And now doing both at the same time to share the love for stories and books. Read More
A Writer’s Toolbox
What’s in a writer’s toolbox? Not just grammar, sentence structure or story structure. Work on your dialogue or characters arcs and create your unique voice. Read More
This is My Design: The Peril of the New Idea
New ideas are awesome, fresh inspiration is fantastic, and motivation can strike like a bolt out of the blue. Unfortunately, that bolt can sometimes hit us right when we’re in the middle of something else. Today, Raven talks about the three methods he uses to deal with the potentially terrible timing of new ideas. Read More
This Is My Design: Flow
Getting into the zone. Every artist has heard this phrase, but what is it really? I take a closer look at the concept of ‘flow’ and how you, the artist, can use it to your advantage. Read More
This is My Design: Characters
Characters should be characters. Seems self-evident? Well, today Raven talks about how he goes about building his characters from the ground up. He also makes an utterly true point about popcorn, and you popcorn fans know it. Read More
This Is My Design: Dreaming
Raven talked to you last week about some of his sources of inspiration and this week I want to highlight the strongest source of mine: dreams. Read More
This Is My Design: Inspiration
“This is My Design” articles are about how we do things ourselves. More opinion, less objectivity. Today, Raven talks about inspiration – how he finds it, and what he does with it when he’s got it. Read More