by Alica McKenna Johnson | Nov 21, 2011 | Music and Musings Monday, Uncategorized
Create Diversity Tip Eight: It’s okay to give your characters flaws Sometimes to prove that we aren’t prejudices we will make perfect minority characters. Perfect characters are boring! It is our job as writers to torment our characters. I do not mean having your...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Nov 14, 2011 | Music and Musings Monday
Create Diversity Tip Seven: We are all people. As you read books, watch movies, and research, you will realize we are all people. We want to be happy and safe. What creates happiness and safety is different for everyone. Some people want to travel, a family, riches,...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Nov 7, 2011 | Music and Musings Monday
Create Diversity Tip Six: Not everyone has family history hanging on the wall. I am German. It’s my German ancestry that gives me my red hair. I get it from thin Northern Germans and Vikings. Other than my hair color, which most people think is Irish, there is nothing...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Oct 31, 2011 | Music and Musings Monday
I am a brat and as such when I hear a song about supernatural being I wonder why these don’t wind up in people’s books. Why doesn’t Bella have ‘Hungry Like The Wolf’ as her ring tone for Jacob? Or “It’s a Deadman’s Party’ for the Cullens? If I was Anita Blake I would...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Oct 24, 2011 | Music and Musings Monday
Creating Diversity Tip Five: Don’t be afraid to offend people. Redheads are often portrayed as sultry nymphomaniacs. No one minds writing us this way. Those of you who know me can just be quiet! No one worries about offending redheads, and yet we bite our finger nails...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Oct 17, 2011 | Music and Musings Monday
Create Diversity Tip four: Take classes! I’ve found several classes offered through writers groups on how to write realistic characters. They have offered, gay, Native American, victims, Latina, psychopaths, police officers, and others. I hope we will be seeing more...
