Category Archives: Rock Soup

I’ve been doing some research on dialog tag and thought I’d share some links. http://www.writing-world.com/fiction/said.shtml http://cameronchapman.com/the-rules-of-writing-dialogue-tags.htm http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/choosing-clear-varied-dialogue-291.html Debunking Writing Myths: Always/Never Use “Said” Dialogue Tags http://fictionwriting.about.com/od/crafttechnique/qt/dialoguetags.htm http://www.fiction-writers-mentor.com/dialogue-tags.html http://litreactor.com/columns/on-dialogue-tags-why-anything-besides-said-and-asked-is-lazy-writing http://melaniecard.com/for-writers/dialogue-tags-vs-descriptive-beats/ http://www.lousywriter.com/how_to_write_better_dialogue.php http://www.justaboutwrite.com/A_Archive_Writing%20Effective%20DialogueLL.html http://authorculture.blogspot.com/2012/01/writing-tips-dialog-tags.html He Said, She Said – Using Dialog Tags Dialogue Tags: … Continue reading →

This month I had the opportunity to present Traits of a Hero to a deaf class. I had some good student participation which was nice. Here is a short list of things I want to remember for future such events. … Continue reading →

In preparation for my interview of one of the staff of the Springville museum I wanted to collect some pointers about interviews and so I thought I’d share. – Learn about the person you’re going to interview by checking out … Continue reading →

At one of the Timp teller’s meetings we had a presentation on microphones which I was looking forward to attending. I would like to know some of the common things to do to fix mic issues. Here are my notes … Continue reading →

For the last half year I’ve been working on the rewrite of my YA fantasy Pursued. I have entertained myself at least. Now I am thinking about what to do next. I have decided to write a couple of short … Continue reading →

I did a story telling presentation of Traits of a Hero for a SF/F convention that took place in Salt Lake City, Utah, in May. While there, I had the opportunity to attend some other panels. Here are the notes … Continue reading →

I did a story telling presentation of Traits of a Hero for a SF/F convention that took place in Salt Lake City, Utah, in May. While there, I had the opportunity to attend some other panels. Here are the notes … Continue reading →

I did a story telling presentation of Traits of a Hero for a SF/F convention that took place in Salt Lake City, Utah, in May. While there, I had the opportunity to attend some other panels. Here are the notes … Continue reading →

I did a story telling presentation of Traits of a Hero for a SF/F convention that took place in Salt Lake City, Utah, this month. While there, I had the opportunity to attend some other panels. Here are the notes … Continue reading →

Last year I attend an eBook conference in American Fork Utah. An author by the name of Caleb Wamock said he’d share press contacts that he had gathered for those who attended. When you have a press release these are … Continue reading →