Using Similes and Metaphors

Hi, SE Readers. Joan here today. We’ve all heard of similes and metaphors. Most of us have probably used them in our writing at some point. Using a simile or metaphor is an easy way to describe a character’s personality or what they are feeling. Both similes and metaphors are used to make comparisons, but …

How to Use a Paragraph

Hello SErs! Harmony here 🙂 While today's topic might, at first glance, seem basic and obvious, it has more to it than what shows on the surface. For certain, when I wrote my first book, I didn't think about paragraph structure or use at all. I just wrote. And then my learning curve began. In …

Friday Book Share: Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine

Ciao, SEers. It's time for a Friday book share. Today, I'm going to talk about a book from the psychological thriller genre, Stillhouse Lake by Rachael Caine. (If you read my personal blog, you already saw my review of this plus the rest of the series. If you don't follow me but are interested in …

Five For Friday: Summer Activities

Hi, SE Readers. Joan here with another Five for Friday post. For those of you living in the US, I hope you enjoyed the holiday yesterday. And for our Canada friends, a belated Happy Canada Day. It's summer in the northern hemisphere - a time of shorter nights and longer days. Having decided that I …

Writing Your Novel’s Blurb

Ciao, amici. We're wrapping up the Story Bible series of posts today. If you missed one or more of the posts, you can find them, in order of post date, by clicking the following links: Story Bible Overview Series Premise Character Sheets Setting Descriptions Outlining Today, we're discussing how to write the back-of-book blurb. You're …