Posts Tagged "Miserere"

• Put your character in a box and squeeze. Voila! Inspiration.

  Inspiration or Calculation? How do you decide what you are going to write?


  Inspiration is a tricky thing, and unfortunately I can’t write without it. What hooks me as a writer – and hopefully hooks my readers when I’m done –  is a character. Perhaps that comes from roleplaying a person I’m not every Friday night; perhaps it’s how I’m wired. But I need to be struck by a character and his or her situation, to want to explore that, before I can write anything interesting.

  Usually inspiration occurs when I am reading a history book and some side character is mentioned – an emperor who started out imprisoned or a general’s wife known for meddling. Without fail I begin thinking about what it was like to be that person, the side character, the one caught up in events, the person thrown into the pool who had to learn to swim. (more…)

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• Teresa Frohock: The Truth in Your Heart

  Guest Post

  Raised in a small town, Teresa Frohock learned to escape to other worlds through the fiction collection of her local library. She eventually moved away from Reidsville and lived in Virginia and South Carolina before returning to North Carolina, where she currently resides with her husband and daughter.  Teresa has long been accused of telling stories, which is a southern colloquialism for lying. Miserere: An Autumn Tale is her debut novel and is coming July 2011 from Night Shade Books.

  A big thanks to Courtney for asking me to post here at the Night Bazaar and congratulations to Brad on his release of The Winds of Khalakovo! Brad has asked that we talk about our writing influences, a great subject for any writer. He is also giving away two copies of The Winds of Khalakovo during this week! All you have to do is comment on one of the posts with the name of a book that influenced you (it doesn’t have to be science fiction or fantasy). (more…)

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