“I cannot do otherwise, here I stand, may God help me, amen.” Martin Luther said these words when on trial before Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, refusing to go against his conscience and recant his…
Author: T.R.Q.T
Reaping Reputations
You sit at your computer, ready to click the awe-inspiring SUBMIT button that will put your manuscript before the eyes of an agent or editor. It’s exciting, relieving, an ‘at last’ moment. And you are…
A Mind of Their Own
Have you ever had a character do or say something you didn’t expect? You knew where the scene was going, but suddenly it twisted as you wrote? I have. In one scene in my novel,…
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Have you ever read one of those books where the main character is just too close to perfect? I have, and though the storyline may be good, it just doesn’t sit well with me. And…