by KariAnn | Feb 3, 2016 | writing
There’s nothing more satisfying than working with a wonderful author. S. Usher Evans has been a friend of Backlit Web longer than I can remember, twitter time, but now she has a new book! Let’s hear the news from Ms. Evans herself: Introducing the...
by KariAnn | Aug 29, 2015 | books, philosophy, publishing, SciFi, Trojan Wars, writing
Three years ago I started a novel. It turned into Rock Hopper. Half way through Rock Hopper, I wrote Olivia’s Field, but I kept returning to the Trojan War universe to write more about Rock Hopper’s characters. They had reasons for the choices they made. Most of those...
by KariAnn | Aug 8, 2015 | books, contest, critique, publishing, SciFi, Trojan Wars, urban fantasy, writing
We split ourselves, for ease and genre. What do you read? Everything, but mostly scifi. Speculative fiction doesn’t cut it. Fantasy is science fiction in the broad scheme. The writing guild is Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, after all. But we’ll take...
by KariAnn | Mar 31, 2015 | inspiration, philosophy, writing
Whatever the medium I’m working in, I have a vision in mind when I produce a work. It might be something that comes across in an obvious fashion, or my meaning might be subtle. Either way, there is rarely creation without intent. A five year old might say they...
by KariAnn | Mar 21, 2015 | writing
Agency is a big issue for people writing young adult and new adult novels these days. Sometimes it’s described by writers as the main characters ability to make choices inside the plot. More interestingly, a character’s agency is most often described (or defended) as...
by KariAnn | Jan 2, 2015 | inspiration, philosophy, Super Happy Write Time, writing
We’re all singing the song of doing these days. We have things we’ll do better, stop doing, things we do that we’ll improve upon. We’ve cleaned out houses and minds and are ready for the days ahead. Fresh attitude. Fresh outlook. Fresh To Do...
