Wanderer's Pen

Welcome to Aperture Laboratories Tori’s Beta Lab. Betas are essential to polishing your work to publishing worthy. Your eyes alone won’t cut it. Using the following method I’ve managed to efficiently gather helpful feedback from my test subjects betas to help improve my novels. I’ve had many trials and errors, but here are the positive …

How I Do Betas: Tips on Efficiently Testing Your Book on Willing Test Subjects Read More »

It’s time for this month’s So Your Character is From Another Country! This is a monthly or bimonthly segment where I interview lovely volunteers from around the world to give you a firsthand account of being a citizen of their respective country. I’m hoping to encourage international diversity, break stereotypes, and give writers a crash …

So Your Character is From Peru … Featuring Robb M. Mendivil & Maria Jose Read More »

After my car accident back in April, I’ve dealt with a little PTSD, including flashbacks, aversion to things similar to my accident, and even panic attacks. It isn’t fun at all. The first I’d heard of PTSD was actually in the Hunger Games. Before that the most I’d seen as the result of trauma was …

So Your Character Has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Featuring Liz @ Out of Coffee Out of Mind Read More »

One of the most fundamental decisions you can make for you novel is what point of view you’re going to write it in. Now this isn’t a post about the everlasting debate of first person versus third person and this isn’t about what tense your novel can be in. This is about many point of …

The Pros and Cons of Different Types of Point of View for Your Novel Read More »