by valeriedavisson | Jan 23, 2016 | Uncategorized, Writer's Life, Writing Process
Everyone’s favorite Chess Queen, Coffee Shop Owner and All-Around Samoan Goddess, Tava’e lumbers into our lives in Chapter 8 of SHATTERED: Logan Book 1: Advancing impressively across the room, she adjusted her tremendous body, enveloped in a bright, boldly patterned,...
by valeriedavisson | Jan 20, 2016 | Writer's Life, Writing Process
1 Create a lead character you want to get to know. You’re asking your readers to invest time and money into this fictional person, so make them someone you care about. Unless you’re writing a romance novel, give your protagonist at least one gnarly flaw. One that...
by valeriedavisson | Jan 17, 2016 | Writer's Life, Writing Process
ACCORDING TO DIGITAL BOOK WORLD and Writers Digest survey, the median annual income for authors, self or traditionally published, ranges between $5,000 – $19,000. Not exactly enough to live on. That means most writers, including myself, have day jobs. Finding...
by valeriedavisson | Jan 15, 2016 | Writer's Life
Every good story has an element of mystery, or we wouldn’t bother turning the pages to get to the end. That said, few mysteries found their way into my backpack or onto my bookshelves until a few years after high school and college. In the 90s,while working as a...
by valeriedavisson | Jan 11, 2016 | Writer's Life, Writing Process
READERS OFTEN ASK how I come up with my characters. Are these people you know and just changed their names? Is the main character really you? Writers want to know if there is any trick to creating memorable characters, particularly the main protagonist in a series....
A self-admitted book addict, Valerie was the kid with the flashlight under her pillow. A life of travel with exposure to many different cultures led to a pervasive interest in people, with degrees & teaching credentials in Cultural Anthropology & English.