Are We Defined By Our Vehicles?
Do our vehicles define us? As writers, do you use vehicles or other props to help describe your characters? Continue reading Are We Defined By Our Vehicles?
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Intimacy in Fiction
As a romance writer, intimacy plays a huge role in the stories I write, and not just sexual intimacy. Being intimate with another person is about being familiar with them, knowing their likes and dislikes, understanding their quirks, and being not just physically close but having a closeness that transcends other boundaries. In my research, Psych Central said there were four types of intimacy. I … Continue reading Intimacy in Fiction
Names…
What is in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but what if instead of a rose, that perfect, sweet flower was called prickly bloom or thorn blossom. Would we then think of it as a symbol of romantic love? How important is it to you as a reader for the characters to have certain names or even the spelling … Continue reading Names…
Characters…
Characters we love and hate. As an author one of the first things we’re taught is to write characters readers will love, but as a reader I’ve often enjoyed characters who were less than loveable. Most versions I’ve read and seen in movies and on television of the great Sherlock Holmes is he’s a bit unfeeling, he’s narcissistic and at times even a bully, but … Continue reading Characters…
My Community, My Inspiration
The Leeward Files and The Harrell Family Chronicles are about REAL people, living in a small town just like where I come from. The town of Leeward is struggling to rebuild after several devasting blows. Continue reading My Community, My Inspiration
Memorable and Favorite Characters
What makes a character memorable? Continue reading Memorable and Favorite Characters
Celebrating Pride Month at Creekside Cafe with author, K. B. Davenport
A romantic at heart representing the LGBTQ+ community. Continue reading Celebrating Pride Month at Creekside Cafe with author, K. B. Davenport
The Knowledge of Good and Evil
It has made me realize that perhaps God didn’t want us to eat from the Tree of Knowledge, not because he didn’t want us to know the things he knows but that he didn’t want us to be burdened with that knowledge. Continue reading The Knowledge of Good and Evil
Billy and Tracy, the inspiration behind the characters
One of the fun things about writing is taking a little bit from people you know and throwing all those bits and pieces into a blender on high and add in a stray thought or idea and wham, you have a character. Continue reading Billy and Tracy, the inspiration behind the characters
Sherri Lupton Hollister, author 
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