If you ever have the chance to meet Patricia Bray in person, one of your first thoughts will be, “Wow, here is a woman with some energy.” Patricia Bray was a guest lecturer at the Odyssey Writing Workshop this year, which is where yours truly met her.  With verve, humor, and enthusiasm, she offered an excellent discussion of Heroes and Sidekicks in fiction, how to do it, and how not to do it.  In her Sword of Change series, the viewpoint character is the sidekick, not the main character of the story, which leads to some interesting storytelling dynamics andContinue readingAuthor Interview Series #52 – Patricia Bray

Yes, we’re baaaaack.  It’s a been a hiatus, I know, but this summer has been devoted to craft, connections, and career building.  After a tremendous experience at the Odyssey Writing Workshop, I came home fresh and motivated to attend OSFest 2, the Omaha Science Fiction Education Society’s second annual science fiction convention, whereat I was pleased to meet Marcus Pelegrimas, a fellow Omaha-based author, whose novel series Skinners has just debuted from EOS Books. We participated in a panel for writers on avoiding the biggest mistakes that novice writers make, and the panel went extremely well, even generating compliments afterContinue readingAuthor Interview Series #51 – Marcus Pelegrimas