Tiffani Angus is another writer friend whose short story, "The Final Voyage of the World's Oldest Time Traveler" is in the Athena's Daughters V 2 anthology with me.  Here's the link again to the presale of that book: Silence in the Library In Tiffani's own words below she talks about her story and her advice for all writers:  "Go to a museum!" ***** As a creative writing teacher at university and a graduate of writing workshops, I've had several years of both giving and taking writing advice, from small nitpicky things (such as 'avoid adverbs') to bigger stuff (such as 'finish everything...

Liz Colter is another author from the Athena's Daughters Volume 2 that I get to showcase on my blog.  Here's her writing advice on how to use tone in a story: From her own words... ----------------------------- When I begin a story, I tend to begin with tone. Not always, but usually. In order, the process is most often a feeling for the tone I want, followed by rough impression of the protagonist, then a setting, and a general idea of the beginning and ending. I'm a "pantser" not an outliner, and so at that point I begin writing. The tone guides me through the story - short story...