Beginning my author platform I turned to the social media app that I felt most comfortable with. That was Facebook. Knowing that the algorithm will start morphing to my interests and postings, one of the first suggestions I got was Fen Rivera. I liked his page but didn’t talk to him since I was building […]

Oh, those cliffhangers. They make you want to scream. Your adrenaline is at a top high and the chapter or the book stops. You grab your chest because you can’t believe what you just experienced. The definition of a cliffhanger is when a story or plotline ends suddenly or a large plot twist occurs and

So what is the deal with genres? I mean I got the idea. Why can’t I just write? The truth is, that between all the hurdles you need to go to write, selecting your genre is one more. Things to wrap your head around. Depending on the genre you choose there are some rules or

A prologue or prolog (from Greek πρόλογος prólogos, from πρό pró, “before” and λόγος lógos, “word”) is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information. Do you need a prologue? It only depends on your story. You can

When curiosity killed the cat, it made writers go on a never-ending quest for knowledge. Talking about cats, a small paperback caught our attention a time ago about a one having a good time on Halloween Night. We came to know Maribel Texidor, another of our local talent. Not only does she write poetry and

Do you know what books don’t have? A video of what is going on. A voice to explain to you things. I mean sounds like a given, but there are people who over-describe things or under describes. As a writer, you need to hook the reader and emerge that person in your world. Make them

You are creating this manuscript, you are giddy to get to a fight scene you imagined would be perfect for your book, then you read it, and… it feels clunky. Slowed pace. Forced. Boring. What happened? There is a lot to go through with fight scenes. Before diving into it verify your plot. Check the

When I first started writing this was one of the words that made me nervous. Why? Well, you hear a lot of things about people taking credit for other’s stories. You feel like people are dipping themselves into your privates. You… you… The truth is I was wrong on this. Even though it is true

Editing. This is the part. This is the… is the time where you feel you are trapped in a Stephen King novel. I mean there are people that do love editing. Others drink a lot or cry themselves to sleep. What is editing? Editing is where you proofread, correct things like grammar, punctuation spelling, or