Tara Maya's Tales

Rayne Hall has published more than forty books under different pen names with different publishers in different genres, mostly fantasy, horror and non-fiction. Recent books include Storm Dancer (dark epic fantasy novel), Six Historical Tales Vol 1, Six Scary Tales Vol 1, 2 and 3 (mild horror stories), Six Historical Tales (short stories), Six Quirky Tales (humorous fantasy stories), Writing Fight Scenes and Writing Scary Scenes (instructions for authors). She holds a college degree in publishing management and a masters degree in creative writing. Currently, she edits the Ten Tales series of multi-author short story anthologies: Bites: Ten Tales of Vampires, Haunted: Ten Tales of Ghosts, Scared: Ten Tales of Horror, Cutlass: Ten Tales of Pirates, Beltane: Ten Tales of Witchcraft, Spells: Ten Tales of Magic and more.   Her short online classes for writers intense with plenty of personal feedback. Writing Fight Scenes, Writing Scary Scenes, Writing about Magic and...

Rayne Hall  has published more than forty books under different pen names with different publishers in different genres, mostly fantasy, horror and non-fiction. Recent books include  Storm Dancer  (dark epic fantasy novel),  Six Historical Tales Vol 1, Six Scary Tales Vol 1, 2 and 3  (mild horror stories),  Six Historical Tales  (short stories),  Six Quirky Tales  (humorous fantasy stories),  Writing Fight Scenes  and  Writing Scary Scenes  (instructions for authors). She holds a college degree in publishing management and a masters degree in creative writing. Currently, she edits the  Ten Tales  series of multi-author short story anthologies:  Bites: Ten Tales of Vampires, Haunted: Ten Tales of Ghosts, Scared: Ten Tales of Horror, Cutlass: Ten Tales of Pirates, Beltane: Ten Tales of Witchcraft, Spells: Ten Tales of Magic  and more.   Her short  onlineclasses for writers  inte...

--> FINDING THE BEST WORD FOR THE JOB by Rayne Hall Specific words make a story vivid because they paint a clear picture for the reader. “ A woman with a dog” creates only a vague picture. By replacing “woman” and “dog” with specific   words you can bring your story alive:   “ A lady with a poodle” “ A tart with a mongrel” “ A gothgirl with a puppy” “ A redhead with a Rottweiler”   “ The man looked like a sports champion” is bland.   Show us what kind of man and what kind of sports, and the sentence becomes interesting: “ The gentleman looked like a fencing champion.” “ The thug looked like a boxing champion.” “ The salesman looked like a sumo champion.” Instead of the dull description with generic words “This garden is full of flowers of all kinds”   show the kind of flowers to paint a picture: “ This garden is full of roses, honeysuckles, and hollyhocks” - The reader sees a cottage garden. “ This garden is full...