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...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Oct 10, 2011 | Music and Musings Monday
Create Diversity Tip Three: basic research I fear today’s tip isn’t very exciting, but basic research isn’t always very exciting. If you want to write about a place or people you don’t know, get yourself to the library and start researching. Now I will share a...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Oct 3, 2011 | Music and Musings Monday
I missed all of you, but I needed a week to get my blogs built back up and figure out what I was doing. I’m taking Krisitn Lamb’s blogging class so expect wonderful changes. Monday Musings and Music. Create Diversity Tip Two: books and movies. I have heard...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Sep 19, 2011 | Music and Musings Monday
After several lovely comments and my own need to put something in my blog I am going to expand upon my eight steps towards adding more cultural diversity into your life and your writing. Tip one is all about perspective and cheating. My YA series Phoenix Child has...