Memories
Have you noticed how we generally rely on a protagonist’s memories in fiction to give us a full picture of who they are, and where they came from – their back story? Whether we use flashbacks once the reader cares …
Author: Lara Russell
The best of times
You’ve probably noticed by now that my books, at least my first two, take place in the late 1990s to early 2000s. ‘Why?’ You might ask. A few reasons come to mind… The first and more obvious reason is that …
Waves of change
I’ve often written about the effects that Covid has had on our lives – no more so than us spending the majority of our weekdays working from home. Our pets love it, don’t they? They’re so used to having us …
Objectivity
Characters in fiction aren’t generally known for being objective, right? If they were, we’d have little conflict, and dialogue would be too polite to be interesting. Nor are characters known for being selfless, or story goals would be particularly boring …
Reaching story goals
Sorry for the hiatus, everyone. If my last blog post didn’t give any clues, I’ve been rather busy lately! But it’s now time to get back to it – write a blog post, give a few shout-outs to my first …
Life imitating art
Have you read The Holiday Romance yet? If you have, you’ll know that Kate has had a few challenges in the past (as most protagonists do). But hers have been particularly intriguing and although amplified, not entirely unlike one challenge …
New Release: The Holiday Romance
Available now in print and digital. Click here to get your own copy! “He reflected on why he’d come to South Australia in the first place. He realised that he owed it to himself to find out whether having something …
Book titles
I’ve been a bit quiet, I know. A particular lockdown and the resulting COVID restrictions have been a bit more consuming lately and so has finishing up at work before leave. On the other hand, The Holiday Romance has just …
Eurovision 2021!
As I’m watching the Euro Vision 2021 final from Australia in the early hours of the morning, I’m reminded of how far we’ve come over the last year and two months. By ‘we’ I mean ‘us’ as a collective world-wide …
Minor characters
When it comes to characters, especially minor characters, it can be a challenge for writers to think of them as they should appear to do, themselves. Stick with me on this one – the thing is, minor characters don’t ‘think’ …