Starlog

  • Write a Story With Me # 55 – “You’re dying, aren’t you?” by Jenny Keller Ford

    Write a Story with Me is a group endeavor just for the fun of it.  A different writer adds a new 250 words each week.  It is the ultimate Flash Fiction Challenge! If you’d like to sign up, come on over.  There’s always room for more! Here’s this week’s excerpt.  We hope you enjoy! 55… Read more

  • Learning to Draw Manga #8.5 – Walking Draft

    This week I decided to take on some movement, and there is a lot of perspective to have to worry about when a character is walking toward you. I got bleary-eyed before I was able to finish, but here is where I am so far with it. I started with seven lines to help keep… Read more

  • A Review of “The Romance Novel Book Club” by Kastil Eavenshade

    After crying my eyes out over the last novel I read, I REALLY needed a light fun read. I’d heard great things about “The Romance Novel Book Club” so I decided to give it a whirl. It ended up being a combination of everything I wanted, and also what I was trying to avoid. Very… Read more

  • No Confusion! Rule #13 of 32 Simple Rules to the Writing the Best Novel Ever

    I’m dissecting the article Hunting Down the Pleonasm, by Allen Guthrie, using it as a cattle prod to search for little nasties in my manuscript.  Yep, you can join in the fun, too.  Let’s take a looksee at topic #13 13: Don’t confuse the reader. If you write something you think might be unclear, it is.… Read more

  • Write a Story with Me #54 – “You are Fey” by Shan Jeniah Burton

    Write a Story with Me is a group endeavor just for the fun of it.  A different writer adds a new 250 words each week.  It is the ultimate Flash Fiction Challenge! If you’d like to sign up, come on over.  There’s always room for more! Here’s this week’s excerpt.  We hope you enjoy! #54… Read more

  • Learning to draw Manga # 8: Chibi full body pose

    [[[Cringe]]] I’ve been afraid to try a full body anything.  Even when I was drawing regularly, bodies scared me.  I was never able to get the proportions right. I was happy that the learning to draw book started out with a nice, friendly Chibi. Chibi is a form of Manga art that is meant to… Read more