Tag: fiction

  • Creating Characters’ Personalities
    Saturday, September 16th, 2017     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    Today  I met Gretchen Rubin, a New York Times bestselling author, as she celebrated her newest book release, The Four Tendencies. I hadn’t heard about Rubin before attending the event, but since I’m continuing to research personality characteristics to help my fictional characters come to life, Rubin’s book title intrigued me. In her talk, Rubin shared …[ read more ]

  • The Silver Coin
    Wednesday, May 18th, 2016     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    Book 3 of the Ancient Elements series is now in its final editing stage! This ship is one of the illustrations in the book drawn by my wonderful illustrator, Marsha Ottum Owen. The book’s cover art is still in the development stage.We hope to publish by the end of June, or early July. If you’d …[ read more ]

  • Creating a Tagline
    Tuesday, November 5th, 2013     Marie Sontag     Start the Conversation

    Okay, I need your help. I was updating my Google profile and found a space for “tagline.” New concept. Do I have a tagline? Should I? I researched Google “taglines” and here’s what I found. As a writer, a tagline helps to solidify my writing vision and drive sthat vision for future books. According to writer …[ read more ]