A few weeks ago, I wrote about the difficulties involved in writing characters who don’t have the same accent you do. In that post, I wrote that one of my biggest pet peeves is “dialecty” words, which especially seem to plague Scottish characters. Yesterday, Jane at Dear Author prompted a great discussion on the same… Continue reading Speaking of accents
Author: Kat Latham
Why my novel is more like my husband than my child
I often hear writers refer to their creations as their babies, and fret about sending them out into the world to be judged and possibly ridiculed. I can understand the analogy, since a novel is a deeply important part of you that somehow takes on its own life. My relationship with my novel, though, is… Continue reading Why my novel is more like my husband than my child
When the left side of your brain bullies the right
Earlier this week, I blogged about how I got away from the internet for a week and spent time in the real world. Since I spend roughly 25 hours a day online, that left me with lots of free time. Fortunately, I also have a nearly-finished first draft to work on, and I decided to… Continue reading When the left side of your brain bullies the right
Tools for taking a social media holiday
On Monday I wrote about what I learned in the week I removed myself from cyberspace and lost myself in the real world instead. Today I’m going to talk about some of the practicalities of doing that. All right, it might not seem like a big deal to stay away from the internet for a… Continue reading Tools for taking a social media holiday
The importance of taking a social media break
Hello again! I’m back after cutting myself off from the internet for a week—no blog, Twitter, or even email—and it was freakin’ tough. The only way I was able to do it was because I cheated—my husband and I went to rural Scotland and stayed in a cottage with no internet access for most of… Continue reading The importance of taking a social media break