Wait… What? Gimme that book, Bub
By: Aryanne Ferguson So there’s a website that sends you alerts for books you can download for free. I believe it even …
Wait…what? Tropes All Over
By: Aryanne Ferguson There’s an entire website dedicated to tropes! Check it out here. In case you didn’t click the link, tropes …
Versus Mode: Compelling Plot vs. Writing Style
By: Aryanne Ferguson When it comes to narrative approaches to the novel, I recently came across two seemingly opposing articles. One, said that …
Fuel for Your Creativity: Location, Location, Location
By: Aryanne Ferguson Writers draw inspiration from many sources, and one of my favorites is landscape. Author Lucy Wood illustrates my point in this …
On the Page: Male versus Female Intimacy
By: Aryanne Ferguson In search of inspiration, I watched a Ted talk by anthropologist Helen Fisher called The Brain in Love. Writing-wise, what …
Your Novel – The Movie Version!
By: Aryanne Ferguson I love when people are passionate enough about books to tell the whole world. Here at August Rose Press, …
Ideology: When Writers Have Axes to Grind
By: Aryanne Ferguson Does your writing have an ideological base? For example, you’ve got a beef and you’re going to write about …
Calling the Idle Man to Action
By: Aryanne Ferguson Welcome to the New Year, Reader! Any resolutions? Resolutions were never much of a tradition in my family. Every …
It’s Good to be Bad – Writing Flawed Characters
By: Aryanne Ferguson This article asks if good characters make bad fiction. Off the top of my head I can think of a …
Small Business Saturday at One DC Bookstore
By: Aryanne Ferguson Small business Saturday was this past weekend. Did you have the chance to support your local bookstore? It may …