Here are ten quick ways to come up with names for your characters (without using one of those online name generators) Bonus: Five Name Generating Websites:
What I’m Reading: Magical Bakery Series
I’ve found a new fantasy/mystery series, this one by Bailey Cates. It’s about a woman who moves to Savannah (Georgia) to start over. She buys into her aunt’s new bakery […]
What I’m Reading: Haunted Home Renovation Series
I’ve started a new paranormal mystery series. This is by Juliet Blackwell, the author of the witchcraft series I read recently. She also has a Haunted Home Renovation series about […]
More from the AI
Here’s what we got when we told the AI to give us some sensory details for that train story: User That’s great. Please give me a feel for the atmosphere. […]
Playing with AI
So I’ve been playing around with AI. Not to write anything for me, but for research purposes. One of the stories I’m working on at the moment involves a train […]
What I’m Reading: Witchcraft Mysteries
I’ve started a new series, sort of a tangent on the Tarot mysteries. This one is by Juliet Blackwell and is about a witch who runs a vintage clothing store […]
15 Things Most People Don’t Know About Me
Here are fifteen things almost nobody knows about me:
11 of the Best Books on Writing
Here are eleven great books about how to write. First You Write: The Worst Way to Become an Almost Famous Author and the Best Advice I Got While Doing It by […]
5 Books Set in South Carolina
J.E.S. Hays lives in Upstate South Carolina, so here are five books set in the state for you to peruse: A Delirious Summer by Ray Blackston: To Neil Rucker, seven […]
What I’m Reading: Tarot Mysteries
I’ve been on a Tarot kick lately, reading a set of Tarot mystery books from Steve Hockensmith and also a series by Bevan Atkinson. The first series is a cozy […]