It’s going okay! May expand it into a trilogy, actually. Are you doing NaNoWriMo this year?

How cool! My WIP is lagging, and I need to organize my ideas.
I didn’t think of joining NaNoWriMo this year… but now you mention it, I’m kinda tempted!
I actually have had a pretty crazy year, so I’ve also been a sporadic on SE and KP. My friend moved back from out of state, and he promptly became my boyfriend and I graduated High School the…[Read more]

Wow! It definitely sounds like you’ve been busy. (I mean, getting engaged and then married… wow. XD) I’m so happy for you – that’s really exciting! But I bet it took some getting used to, for sure. Congratulations to you and your new husband!
I’m working on a novella for NaNo. Not sure if it will expand into a novel or not… maybe a longer…[Read more]

Thank you! It all felt pretty natural, but yes, it certainly is an adjustment.
How interesting! What themes are you thinking of exploring?

You’re welcome! Yeah, I bet. XD
Ah yes, so the novella is focusing on themes of justice and injustice, crime and punishment, judgment and mercy, and where compassion and love enter into all that. The main question I’m exploring is “Is an act of violence ever permissible if it is done to protect and save someone else?” I’ve just been thinking…[Read more]

Yup, I sure do! XD
Yeah, I’m taking a bit of a hiatus from my Biblical fiction for now because I actually decided to expand my novel into a trilogy. Right now I’m kind of mulling over what that will look like and imagining titles for the books… so when I finish the novella, I’ll probably start outlining book one of the trilogy.
Those are great…[Read more]

I’m going to have multiple POVs! Each of the three books is named after a character (first book named after Temira, Paul’s sister; the second after Naamah, a woman who endured persecution from Paul in his pre-conversion days; and the third after Seth, Paul’s adopted nephew). In each book, though, there will be other POVs besides the one from the…[Read more]

Thank you!!
I’m doing third person because I kind of feel like it fits better with the genre – also because in general, I prefer writing in third person by far. It just comes more natural to me, I guess!
Cool! Which raises a question… do you think there should be a limit to how many POVs a writer includes? I think it definitely depends on…[Read more]

I’d agree with you. I’m guessing that the amount of POV’s needed is what works best with the story, that being pretty much the most hard-and fast rule.
if there was a detective that had to listen to multiple recaps of the same event that drastically changed each time, or something that had many different POVs with only part fo the story, then…[Read more]

Les Miserables sounds so interesting! I’ll have to read it soon!

One time when i read a series with differing POVs, there were a few in first-person, one in first-person present-tense, and then two more in third person. It was interesting, but not my favorite.

I totally have a weakness for redemption arcs… for awhile, it was so easy to just…[Read more]

Ooh, I was actually considering doing something like that for one of my WIPs. (One POV in first person and the others in third.) As a general rule, though, I like it better when a book has a consistent POV, because otherwise it can be jarring, so I decided that’s what I’d rather stick with in my own writing.

I read a novel recently where one of…[Read more]

Agreed. I think having one consistent type of POV probably keeps things simpler for both the author and reader. XD

*perks up* An outlaw character arc? That already sounds so good… but yeah, I can see how it would be tough!

Oh, yeesh! Yeah, I think the manipulative villains are the scariest because they’re the ones you’re most likely to meet in…[Read more]