Recent content by A. E. Lowan

Oh, goodness yes. I was given Dragonflight at the age of nine and I never stood a chance. I've got a very long list of literary hotness, and I add to it all the time. And I will admit to the utter delight of readers saying one of our guys has been added to their lists. It's making a connection...

Just a wee missive from the trenches. I've been doing this since I was cutting out magazine pictures and glueing them into notebooks. That took a lot of time. I'd also draw characters. That was great for character development because I'd be able to focus on them and really do a good deep dive to...

Totally forgot I had a point to this. lol In the bolded, I'm leaning in on the Unreliable Narrator hard. You can totally do this with 1st or Omniscient, but it takes a tiny amount of more effort. Here, Alerich has some thoughts and suspicions about Stephen, but I don't want him on that...

Wasn't he that one guy who did a thing and now Hannibal, Missouri is famous. Highly recommend the winery. Last known refuge of Winchell's Donuts. Also there may be a cave. It's a good cave, too. We've got rather a fair bit of limestone, here at the bottom of the shallow, primordial sea. But...

I tend to default to 3rd Limited, in part because messing around with the reader is one of my favorite things. All hail the Unreliable Narrator! So, I've got tons of examples of that. but this is probably the only thing using Omniscient that I have in a condition to show off. This was also our...

It looks like god or whatever is telling the story. Think about how 3rd Limited is like having a camera inside the narrator's head. In Omniscient the camera is above the action and has total freedom of movement. The voice is also always the same. There are no heads to hop to, barring changing up...

Uh... As the lady riding the Black Knight's arm at the ball is a poisoner of rare skill and a wizard of rarer cunning, I think we'll skip that and just tell her she looks ravishing in red, and pregnancy just enhances her glow. Also, have a cookie or maybe the whole platter? You deserve it, my queen.

Finishing is not what makes one a writer. Writing does. All else is process. Some processes are slower than others. Keep at it. Eventually, you'll find your way to The End.

I'm writing a masquerade ball in this book, so I've been a bit dress-obsessed of late. lol Our characters are going as Lewis Carroll characters. One is noticeably pregnant, 20 weeks with big twins, so she's going as Alice in sexy maternity wear and the one who's knocked her up is the "Bad Hatter."

I love this breakdown. Well thought out.

I don't have issues with, "said.' It's a tool in the toolbox, like everything else. Most of the time it's invisible to all but the most... I should say diligent but really, precious and nitpicky come more naturally to mind. Note: I am exactly that nitpicker, The Evil Queen of Why, and I am...

Just a sweet little AI video that features fantasy dresses. Since we write this stuff all the time, I thought someone may need it, too.

And also, no, i don't get that tease all that often. In part because I'm intimidating, and in part because my mom would have cut someone, had they the temerity to go after the woman who taught me how to writer.

Not I, said the Cat. ;)

No, I think it's perfectly normal. I'm also autistic and am perfectly capable of writing a wide variety of ways of being. So, we do have some autists, but we also have neurotypicals and no few characters who aren't human, have never been human, and never will be. They think differently, as well...