Blogspot - harrypotterforwriters.blogspot.com - Harry Potter for Writers
General Information:
Latest News:
Is it Red or Is it Blue?...Basing Conflict on POV 29 Jan 2013 | 10:26 pm
My husband and I are in the middle of fixing up our house...painting, re-flooring, taking out a wall here or there. And as a finishing touch in one of the rooms, we needed to dig out a long-stored Tu...
Guest Post: Laura Pauling on How to Research an Ancient Society for Your Fiction 5 Dec 2012 | 06:12 pm
Today I am thrilled to welcome to the blog Laura Pauling as part of her Ancient Spells & Crazy Kings Blog Tour! Laura's book, along with her post, are right up my alley. Laura has managed to combine...
Inspiration From the Past 3 Dec 2012 | 09:19 pm
Writers -- where do you get your inspiration? This is not an easy question for most of us to answer because the sources of our inspiration is ever-changing. From the people we meet, to the places we...
Interview with Fuzzbom Publishing 13 Nov 2012 | 09:12 pm
I am thrilled to welcome to the blog today Ian Kezsbom and Deborah Pasachoff from Fuzzbom Publishing. Ian and Deborah are the publishers of Fuzzbom and the driving force behind its speculative fictio...
In Storytelling, POV is Everything 11 Nov 2012 | 03:34 am
There are so many aspects of writing a story that are crucial to the success of reaching your reader, so as a follow-up to the post I did on Monday, In Storytelling, Emotion Trumps All, I thought I'd ...
In Storytelling, Emotion Trumps All 5 Nov 2012 | 10:33 pm
Last year, in honor of NaNoWriMo, I did a series of short posts, taken from Harry Potter, to encourage and inspire NoNo participants. As I know writers are intent on keeping their focus on writing an...
Lighting the Sacred Way, A Spooky Tale of Ancient Ephesus 19 Oct 2012 | 10:18 pm
I am very excited today because I have a new short story out, and it is unlike any I've done before. Lighting the Sacred Way is a bit of suspense/bit of horror, set in ancient Ephesus. Ephesus is on...
Writing Food into Your Story 15 Oct 2012 | 07:58 pm
Some of the neat aspects of world building many fans cite as their favorites in JK Rowling's Harry Potter series are the imaginative bits of food details she weaves into the stories. Who wouldn't wan...
Ye Olde Caves of Nottingham by Sharon Ledwith 14 Sep 2012 | 05:17 pm
Today I am thrilled to welcome to the blog Sharon Ledwith, author of The Last Timekeepers and the Arch of Atlantis from Euterpe Books, the YA/MG imprint of Musa Publishing. Sharon is here with us tod...
Neville Longbottom - The Perfect Foil 11 Sep 2012 | 08:23 pm
From time to time on this blog, I've looked at various Harry Potter characters and analyzed which archetype they fit. Harry, we know is the hero. Fluffy serves as a Threshold Guardian. Fred and Geo...
