In this episode, we meet a young woman in big trouble… Run the Gauntlet (RTG) is a free program where courageous writers submit their opening scenes for live developmental review. The feedback is recorded in real-time, on-screen, and then posted publicly so that we can all share in the insights garnered. In this live critique: … Continued
But does the creative risk pay off? Run the Gauntlet (RTG) is a free monthly program where one lucky writer receives a developmental edit of their opening scenes. The feedback is recorded in real-time, on-screen and then posted publicly so that other writers can share in the insights garnered. In this live critique: “The Viper” … Continued
The best romance novel series capture your heart on page one and refuse to let you go, a thousand pages later. Just as television programs are beginning to seriously compete with films, romance series are giving readers the opportunity to get much deeper into a character’s life and psyche. They’re hard to write and as … Continued
Courtly love, or corrupted lust? In 1936 C.S Lewis described courtly love as, “love of a highly specialized sort, whose characteristics may be enumerated as Humility, Courtesy, Adultery, and the Religion of Love.“ But wait a second Sir Lancelot…Adultery? I’d always imagined that the knight in shining armour swept the lady off her feet and … Continued
Look at this picture; what do you see? It is a familiar subject; two lovers in a warm embrace, the man’s faint smile met by the woman’s earnest entreat. There is however, a fatal twist. Note the white sash she holds at his arm, as it is in this small detail that their … Continued