Tag Archives: Writing Talent Showcase

Beneath our feet… – Guest Post at TRSA by Felicity Sidnell Reid…

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Story Reading Ape: Is a fascination with what lies underground a universal preoccupation? A positive answer to this question is the underlying message from Will Hunt’s recent book, Underground (Simon and Schuster, 2019) which argues that our relationship … Continue reading →

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Naming Characters – Guest Post by Jaq D Hawkins… at TRSA

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Story Reading Ape: What’s in a name? According to studies, quite a lot. Have you ever been either attracted to or repelled by a book description because of the character’s name? I Have. Names that are too … Continue reading →

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Support Your Local Indie Author – Guest Post by Joel Bresler at TRSA

Posted on December 15, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Story Reading Ape: Joel Bresler is the author of Letters to be Read in a Heavily British Accent, Sunderwynde Revisited, Sunderwynde Revisited Again and The Moskowitz Code. His latest humorous novel Bottomless Cups is scheduled for release … Continue reading →

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Have You Seen This Character? – Guest Post by Traci Kenworth at TRSA

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Story Reading Ape: Copyright Dmytro Pauk 123RF Stock Photo There are many different characters we run across in our fiction. Have you seen these characters? The Invisible Barney: He’s commonplace. Nothing here to inspire. He’s usually a … Continue reading →

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How Not to Get Ahead of Yourself When You’re Writing – Guest Post by Traci Kenworth at TRSA

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Story Reading Ape: When we get a new idea, it feels like the whole world opens for us, and we can do anything. Some newer writers spring into the writing before they’re ready. It takes time to … Continue reading →

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Back Up Your Writing! – Guest Post at TRSA by Jaq D Hawkins…

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from TRSA: I was a relative latecomer to the computer age. As a writer, I went from typewriter to dedicated word processor and my files were kept on floppy disk. Remember those? I also still have rather a lot … Continue reading →

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Mourning Dove ~ Claire Fullerton guests at TRSA

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from TRSA: Every writer has deep-seated motivation for writing a novel. It may be a person, place, or setting that resonates in their soul, and from this a story that won’t let them go. I was tentative when I … Continue reading →

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Is Reading An Escape? – Guest Post by, Jaq D Hawkins at TRSA

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Story Reading Ape: Do you think of reading as an escape? It’s a phrase we all hear many times. “I read to escape,” or “I’m going to escape into a good book.” But what do we really … Continue reading →

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The Line Between Dark Fantasy and Horror – Guest Post by Jaq D Hawkins at TRSA

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from TRSA: The definition of Dark Fantasy is “Fantasy with elements of Horror in it.” So the question is, how much Horror is required to take the story out of the realm of Fantasy and into the realm of … Continue reading →

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A Year with Grandfather – Guest Post by Felicity Sidnell Reid at TRSA

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Story Reading Ape As I toiled upstairs one morning in my grandparents’ house, a rumbling angry voice broke the silence. I couldn’t make out the words, but the emotion couldn’t be misread, even by an eight-year-old. I … Continue reading →

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