DIALOGUE:
Make
it believable. I still have a hard time with this one, though, especially if
I’ve included a set of characters from different regions of the globe. I’m
wondering, ‘am I writing this right? Is this what they’d say?’ However, for my
Victorian books set in London, I’ve had a wonderful critique partner who lives
in England. She’s set me right on the many different accents. So I advise
finding someone who lives where your character does, if that’s possible.
SETTINGS:
I like to have my characters all in one area where I can control them. For
instance, I mean, if I should place my story in France, then I’d need to
describe the landscape, the sight, the smells of the area. To be realistic, I
should have at least visited there so I could get everything correct. Well,
I’ve not been there. So, to get beyond that hurdle, I’ll create something to
where I don’t have to write that. I’ll set all my characters trapped in a
snowstorm, a basement, a closet - anywhere! So that I’m able to “show” my
readers the setting through my main character’s senses without actually having
set my physical foot anywhere but outside my front door.
1.
EDITING:
Get another good pair of eyes.
Eek, I still find errors even after three people have read the finished work.
LOL
Miss Mae, what was your light bulb moment about your writing experience? When I decided to self-publish. After having signed with three traditional publishers, then discovering that I was still expected to promote/market as hard as if I were self-published -- well, why not self-pub? I get a bigger pie piece of the royalties this way.
Back of the book:
Do bizarre
and unusual mysteries only occur in imaginary tales?
Amateur sleuth Winifred
Merryweather, along with dashing newspaper hound Remington Hawthorne, find
themselves in the throes of a real life mystery when they’re plunged in the
bowels of a dark and ancient castle. Booby-traps abound with disappearing
floors, hidden sliding panels, and spider-webbed shadowy corridors.
Danger threatens to steal Winifred’s very breath -- or is
that the annoying allure of Remington’s flirtatious charms?
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About Miss Mae
Miss Mae is all about romantic mysteries. Said the Spider
to the Fly, When the Bough Breaks, Dove Island, It’s Elementary, My Dear
Winifred and See No Evil, My Pretty Lady
Miss Mae also enjoys writing humor and non-fiction articles.
Some of her publications can be found in The Front Porch Magazine, Good Old
Days, and WritersWeekly.
Her
alter ego, M.M., has her first children’s/humor book, Ahoy Gum Drop! In
this slightly cracked tale, readers are introduced to I.B. Nosey, the ‘official
unofficial’ reporter. To learn more about cyberspace’s only Pukelitzer Award winning
interviewer, visit ‘Feeling Nosey?’
