This is another one of my favorite LTUE panels. It was given by Jason King, the acquisitions editor at Curiosity Quills Press as well as the author of the Age of the Infinite series. He started off this panel by reminding everyone that while rejections sucks, it's also a big part of being… Continue reading Reasons Why Manuscripts are Rejected
Category: LTUE
Writing Political Unrest Without Boring Readers
It's been a while since I've been able to do an LTUE post, so I'm excited to share this one. This topic is especially relevant to me right now as I'm editing Powerful because one of the main conflicts of the book is political unrest, and the one piece of feedback I get from… Continue reading Writing Political Unrest Without Boring Readers
10-ish Things About the Brain by Danny Potter
As I mentioned last week, my favorite LTUE panel was "Things About the Brain that Every Writer Should Know" by Danny Potter. Turns out, someone recorded that panel and now it's on Youtube!!! Yay! Now I can share the whole thing with you guys! Seriously, it was AMAZING. It may be 50 minutes long,… Continue reading 10-ish Things About the Brain by Danny Potter
LTUE Overview
I don't feel much like blogging today, for a few reasons.I've had a really crappy day so far. Let's just say that spilled Dr. Pepper might be something worth crying over.I'm exhausted. I haven't slept in days, and I've been fighting off a migraine since Sunday.It's a distractingly beautiful Spring-like day outside.I've got a… Continue reading LTUE Overview
LTUE 2016
If you've been following me at all, you know that I spent Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at LTUE. LTUE stands for Life, the Universe, and Everything. It's a sci-fi and fantasy writing symposium put on by BYU every February. I attended last year and it was overwhelming. I learned so much and it was insanely inspiring, but… Continue reading LTUE 2016
Characters
Why do we like certain characters? What makes us feel like we understand and relate to certain characters more than others? How do we as writers create characters that readers will like? Character development is arguably the most important part of a novel, tied with plot development. It's so important because of… Continue reading Characters
Writing for Young Adults
A while ago I realized I never really finished my series on the LTUE panels I attended. I know that was back in February and now it's September (almost October), but I've had a lot of other things to talk about since then. And now I'm a day behind my schedule and I've… Continue reading Writing for Young Adults
What I Wish I Knew
As I was going through my notes from LTUE again, I discovered another one of my favorite panels. It was titled, "What I Wish I Knew When I Started - Common Mistakes Made By New Writers". Kasie West, Jacob Gowans, Joe Vasicek, Karen C. Evans, and Bree Despain sat on the panel. This… Continue reading What I Wish I Knew
Breaking Through Blockages – Advice from Sandra Tayler
One of the very helpful panels I attended at LTUE was titled "Breaking Through Blockages". Sandra Tayler was the speaker. I've been wanting to share her ideas for a while, but as I've been busy putting them to use, I haven't had a chance. The very first thing she said was, "When you… Continue reading Breaking Through Blockages – Advice from Sandra Tayler
LTUE Days 2 & 3
I used half a pen's worth of ink taking 35+ pages of notes at LTUE. The majority of those notes were stuff people said that was really good advice I wanted to remember, but I also had quite a few moments of inspiration and I made about a thousand notes in the margins… Continue reading LTUE Days 2 & 3