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World Building – Every Character Has a Story

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Michell

An I’ve been thinking a lot about characters and building rich, living worlds for them to live in. I have also been re-reading some old favourites. Specifically Anne McCaffrey’s Harper Hall Trilogy set in her fictional world of Pern. I have come to better understand that every character has a story within their world and approaching those various stories in different ways will enrich the world you are building. Pern – a rich story world Let me use Anne McCaffrey’s planet of Pern to better show what I mean. If you ask any lover of her Pern books what elements most stand out for them, you will likely hear about dragons and dragon riders. An invasive spore, know as Thread, […]

Locked Down (or Time Flies in a Crisis)

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Michell

I looked to see when I last posted. October? That can’t be right. Should I blame being locked down or claim I was too busy to post? No, the reality is much more boring than that. Simply put, I’ve been keeping my head down and working through each day as it comes. I’ve been staying home as much as I can (groceries still need to be bought) and I’ve completed editing on my now-published novel, The Goddess Renewed. Not the most glamorous explanation, but the truth. The good news is, my family is safe and there does seem to be some light at the end of the tunnel. I know we have a long ways to go yet, but I’m […]

Today is a Very BIG Day!

Posted on October 19, 2020 by Michell

Today is a very BIG day in my writing career. Today is the day my 10th published book (both solo and co-written) is available for purchase. The book, The Goddess Renewed, represents a number of things to me. It is actually the first book I ever wrote. That may scream amateur to some of you but it has gone through years of edits and rewrites. I am pretty proud of what it looks like now. It is also my first Adult Fantasy – something I always thought I should be writing. As those of you who are also writers know, what you think you should write isn’t always what you end up with. 🙂 The back blurb on the book […]

My email was hacked

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Michell

If you have received an email from author@michellplested.net in the past several hours (as of October 14, 2020) please delete the email and accept my apologies. That account was hacked. I have since taken steps to secure the account (again). Hopefully this won’t happen again. Thank you, -Michell

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