Athena Grayson

Worldbuilding Wednesday: Make A Career Of It

I’ll be the first to admit, I like the wording more than the picturing when it comes to putting a book together. I use the words to make the pictures on the brain (although tonight, I’m apparently In A Mood and the braining is making the wording come out all sideways-y). But my lovely cover […]

Worldbuilding Wednesday: Soft Focus

It’s getting to be fall, and for writers, that usually means at least an awareness of NaNoWriMo, if not outright participation. Many of us are going to be engaging in some form of all-out, keyboard-smashing orgies of writing some time in the next 60 days. That usually requires focus. I remember well the stories I […]

Worldbuilding Wednesday: You Know Where You’re Going, Right?

Every book I write is a journey. I climb into the car with these characters and I have some idea of the trip in mind. Sometimes that idea is our destination, sometimes it’s a time during the trip when we’re en route. Sometimes it’s just the type of transport we’re all taking (where are we […]

Worldbuilding Wednesday: Are You My Reader?

Are you my reader? Do you like to read the books I write? Maybe you’re fond of the same small-town or cozy urban settings as I like to set my stories. Out maybe you’re a fan of the kinds of quirky protagonists that populate my stories. You might like the genres my stories fall into, […]

Worldbuilding Wednesday: TV Tricks

I don’t have cable or satellite (weird, I know, but guess who hasn’t seen a political ad ALL YEAR), so when I get into a TV show, it is usually a few years old, and available by the season on Netflix. This gives me a unique perspective in viewing shows. I can watch them for […]

Worldbuilding Wednesday: The Long Game

Ever wonder why most of the truly famous writers are dead? It’s because writing is a long game. Not only a long game, but sometimes a very long game. Long enough so that the language itself changes before your popularity does (guess who I’m talking about). It’s easy to forget that, especially when you’re in […]

Worldbuilding Wednesday: Making The Most Of It

I’m currently enjoying a vacation of Endless Summer Fun (TM) with the ol’ family. And all that implies. In the course of cramming a summer’s worth of activities in just a handful of days, I think a lot about making the most of limited time. Part of my vacation is the ability to indulge in […]

Worldbuilding Wednesday: Empathy In Strange Places

Took a trip to the museum today to see an exhibit on Pompeii. I came away with a sense of how like us the people of the ancient Roman empire truly were. They had plumbing, fast food and take-out (in containers with ads on them, even!), and like us, they had a great cultural pastime […]

Worldbuilding Wednesday: Who Built It?

Yeah, I’m capitalizing a little over the political kerfluffle, because hey, I like a policy fight as much as the next guy, but that one’s right on the level of an internet message board fap-fight over spelling and LOLcats. But the point behind it has a place in fiction. Who built your characters? Everyone has […]