Where’s the inspiration?
While individual writers have their own definition of inspiration, we think it’s fitting that one meaning of the word is the drawing in of…
Articles by HL Carpenter
How truthful are you?
We’re fiction writers. We haven’t taken an oath to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. In fact, we have…
In the eye of the bookholder
Listen to the audio version here: How do you decide how your characters should look? This question from a fellow blogger intrigued us. How…
Do you love your characters?
Listen to the post here: When we first began writing together, we wrote romances. Correction, we attempted to write romances. The results were dismal….
Walking in your character’s shoes
Have you ever wondered why shoes come in identical pairs? Wouldn’t it be more interesting to mix things up a bit? Granted, heel height has…
What happened to the dog?
Ten p.m., mid-May, Monday night shift. The usual patrol along the quiet interstate. Velvet star-shot sky, empty road. Ho-hum. Swing into the rest area,…
Six Resources for Writers
Whether you write fiction, technical guides, business white papers, or blog posts, staying on top of your craft is a must—and you don’t have…
Reader! There’s an animal in our book!
We love animals and reading, so it’s no surprise we love animals in our reading. Thinking back over books we’ve enjoyed that feature non-humans,…
Guiding your readers — and yourself
When we received the rights back to our first young adult novel, The SkyHorse, we went into deep edit mode. We revised wording we’d…