ErinMEvans's blog listings. Feed Zend_Feed_Writer 1.10.8 (http://framework.zend.com) http://community.wizards.com/erinmevans Meet Farideh...the Other Farideh I’m doing something terrible. Something I’ve warned many a writer off doing: I’m making my PC into a main character in my upcoming novel. None of you would ever have had to know that, except yesterday Phil’s D&D interview series got to me and Farideh, my fey pact warlock.

Find out what I did HERE.

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]]> Thu, 06 May 2010 16:42:02 -0500 http://community.wizards.com/erinmevans/blog/2010/05/06/meet_farideh...the_other_farideh http://community.wizards.com/erinmevans/blog/2010/05/06/meet_farideh...the_other_farideh I’m doing something terrible. Something I’ve warned many a writer off doing: I’m making my PC into a main character in my upcoming novel. None of you would ever have had to know that, except yesterday Phil’s D&D interview series got to me and Farideh, my fey pact warlock.

Find out what I did HERE.

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]]> 0 Bad Habits Mean Good Books Check out my latest post on WotC Book Club: The Seven Bad Habits of Highly Effective Writers!

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]]> Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:25:16 -0500 http://community.wizards.com/erinmevans/blog/2010/04/29/bad_habits_mean_good_books http://community.wizards.com/erinmevans/blog/2010/04/29/bad_habits_mean_good_books Check out my latest post on WotC Book Club: The Seven Bad Habits of Highly Effective Writers!

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]]> 0 Five True Things about "The Resurrection Agent"
It's tempting to think that the stories you read spring whole cloth from authors' minds, easy as you please. while some stories come more easily than others, there's always some inspiration or quirk or backstory that you don't get to see. Another story to tell about telling the story.

To tell the story of the whole process would be a snore, but I suspect there are at least five things about every book or story that would be at least interesting to know, and maybe enhance your reading.

So I encourage other authors to try this: Tell us five true things about working on a book or story of yours. Where did your ideas come from? Where were your stumbling blocks? How did your editor help you?

I'll start with my own story from Realms of the Dead.  Mosey on over to the Book Club to read it. Remember folks: here be spoilers (but if you haven't read the story, it's available for free).

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]]> Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:39:59 -0500 http://community.wizards.com/erinmevans/blog/2010/04/08/five_true_things_about_the_resurrection_agent http://community.wizards.com/erinmevans/blog/2010/04/08/five_true_things_about_the_resurrection_agent
It's tempting to think that the stories you read spring whole cloth from authors' minds, easy as you please. while some stories come more easily than others, there's always some inspiration or quirk or backstory that you don't get to see. Another story to tell about telling the story.

To tell the story of the whole process would be a snore, but I suspect there are at least five things about every book or story that would be at least interesting to know, and maybe enhance your reading.

So I encourage other authors to try this: Tell us five true things about working on a book or story of yours. Where did your ideas come from? Where were your stumbling blocks? How did your editor help you?

I'll start with my own story from Realms of the Dead.  Mosey on over to the Book Club to read it. Remember folks: here be spoilers (but if you haven't read the story, it's available for free).

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]]> 0 THE CONVERSATION You know," starts many a conversation I've had, "I've always had a great idea for a book." My father has a very well-researched idea for a book about lunar colonies. My former stepmother wants to write her memoirs. One friend wants to write a graphic novel, another wants to publish a series of young adult fantasies, and a third has an elaborate, world-building epic brewing in his brain. The advice I give them is advice plenty of people have given down through the years:

Put your butt in the chair and start writing.

*Check out more at the Book Club!*

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]]> Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:13:01 -0500 http://community.wizards.com/erinmevans/blog/2010/03/25/the_conversation http://community.wizards.com/erinmevans/blog/2010/03/25/the_conversation You know," starts many a conversation I've had, "I've always had a great idea for a book." My father has a very well-researched idea for a book about lunar colonies. My former stepmother wants to write her memoirs. One friend wants to write a graphic novel, another wants to publish a series of young adult fantasies, and a third has an elaborate, world-building epic brewing in his brain. The advice I give them is advice plenty of people have given down through the years:

Put your butt in the chair and start writing.

*Check out more at the Book Club!*

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]]> 0 Eye-catching (or is that "ear-catching"?) Yesterday, Rich Baker and I did a reading and signing at the University Book store in Seattle. It's the first time I've read The God Catcher out loud (other than to myself--I highly recommend reading passages to oneself as one writes), so I was of course nervous, but with a few pointers from Rich and a little practice, I made it through one of my favorite scenes without accidentally cursing or throwing up from nerves. just fine.

Better than fine: afterwards, at the signing, a young man came up with a copy of The God Catcher for me to sign. I asked him if he'd read it yet, knowing that frequently Forgotten Realms fans buy books as soon as they come out, but he said no. He decided to buy it because he liked the scene I read and he wanted to see how the book turned out.

I was absolutely tickled.

 

[SEE THE REST AT our WoTC Novel book group blog: Click HERE]

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]]> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:13:09 -0500 http://community.wizards.com/erinmevans/blog/2010/03/18/eye-catching_(or_is_that_ear-catching) http://community.wizards.com/erinmevans/blog/2010/03/18/eye-catching_(or_is_that_ear-catching) Yesterday, Rich Baker and I did a reading and signing at the University Book store in Seattle. It's the first time I've read The God Catcher out loud (other than to myself--I highly recommend reading passages to oneself as one writes), so I was of course nervous, but with a few pointers from Rich and a little practice, I made it through one of my favorite scenes without accidentally cursing or throwing up from nerves. just fine.

Better than fine: afterwards, at the signing, a young man came up with a copy of The God Catcher for me to sign. I asked him if he'd read it yet, knowing that frequently Forgotten Realms fans buy books as soon as they come out, but he said no. He decided to buy it because he liked the scene I read and he wanted to see how the book turned out.

I was absolutely tickled.

 

[SEE THE REST AT our WoTC Novel book group blog: Click HERE]

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]]> 0 Character Profile: Erin M Evans, Editor  There is a curious bit of economics that happens in thrift stores across the country, and it goes like this: You can buy a book for a quarter. Or you can buy ten books for a dollar.

  

It is a curious bit of economics that made me a better writer and led me to be an editor for the Eberron, Forgotten Realms, and various other novel lines.

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[SEE THE REST AT our WoTC Novel book group blog: Click HERE]

 

 

 

 

 

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]]> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:42:44 -0600 http://community.wizards.com/erinmevans/blog/2010/03/11/character_profile:_erin_m_evans,_editor http://community.wizards.com/erinmevans/blog/2010/03/11/character_profile:_erin_m_evans,_editor  There is a curious bit of economics that happens in thrift stores across the country, and it goes like this: You can buy a book for a quarter. Or you can buy ten books for a dollar.

  

It is a curious bit of economics that made me a better writer and led me to be an editor for the Eberron, Forgotten Realms, and various other novel lines.

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[SEE THE REST AT our WoTC Novel book group blog: Click HERE]

 

 

 

 

 

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