by Lisa Hario | Aug 24, 2020 | Thoughts, Writing Life
I haven’t been sure how much I wanted to open up about my current project and pitfalls I have fallen into. It requires me being honest about missteps I have taken, or at the very least explaining my thinking and how it has evolved. This is the background to the...
by Lisa Hario | Jul 27, 2020 | Thoughts, Writing Life
So much horsepower, and all you got is a learner’s permit.Chaz, Sunglasses After Dark, p 141 of Midnight Blue In the scene I just quoted, Cattherine Wheele, the super powered villain, tries to pull information from Chaz, a hustler with a small psychic...
by Lisa Hario | Jul 13, 2020 | Writing Life
I spent years searching for the magickal pill of writing. I tried so many different things. Classes. Books on how to write. Rituals. If I conquered this one fear, read the right book, or did the right spell, everything would fall into place. I just had to find...
by Lisa Hario | Jun 29, 2020 | Writing Life
We’ve all had the experience. A book or movie that had so much going for it—great premise, interesting characters, awesome world—that doesn’t quite live up to its potential. Maybe the ending is disappointing, a plot point didn’t feel logical or a character...
by Lisa Hario | Jun 8, 2020 | Writing Life
It feels like standing up in an AA meeting to say “I am a writer”. Truly, a writer is an identity as much as a career. You will always be getting new plot ideas, creating new characters, and finding new stories to tell. One piece of advice given is “do you...
