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How not to bore the reader with trivial details – book excerpt at Jane Friedman

Posted by Roz Morris @Roz_Morris in Creating a character, How to write a book, The writing business on June 12, 2013

Trivia is the stuff of life but you can easily have too much. There’s a fine line between sketching a realistic amount and boring the reader with shoals of baffling blather.

Today, Jane Friedman has showcased an excerpt from the characters book on her blog, and she chose the tutorial where I explain this tricky balancing act. If you’re curious about the book – or if you simply want to know how much of your carefully crafted background to include – come on over and see.

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Who’s won the noir edition?

Posted by Roz Morris @Roz_Morris in How to write a book on September 16, 2012

Did you enter the competition to win the limited not-for-sale copper-and-thunder edition of My Memories of a Future Life? The entries have been shaken, stirred and stuffed into a fancy box. The winners are… at the bottom of the post on the Red Blog now…