Category Archives: Writing

Is Your MC Smarter than a 5th Grader, Part II

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Nikki Trionfo

Welcome back to MC-smartness=off.  (See a previous post for MC-smartness=on)  You’re here to craft a main character who’s one of the duller pencils in the writing box. Wait, what?  Why would you want that? Because: 1)      Characters need flaws.  Stupidity can be one of them.  (Jane Austin’s Emma, Inspector … Continue reading →

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Seeking Mansfield

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Nikki Trionfo

Sometimes you meet someone who wants to ring a cowbell while timing pitches sessions for New York literary agents and you fall in love. Such was the case with Kate Watson. The fact that she wrote an awesome YA that released just … Continue reading →

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