A Little Appreciation from Lou Sylvre to You

Hi everybody! This post isn’t going to cover any issues, questions, or writing hints and tips. Instead, I’m just going to say thank you. It is autumn, after all, the harvest season in my home hemisphere, and in the southern Read more

Good Advice (Probably) that I Refuse to Take

I’ve just got a quick post for you all this month as I’m neck-deep in the exhilarating rapids of a blog tour for my recent release, Wolf in League. If this is the first you’re hearing of it, please check Read more

Life Lessons and Writing

There’s nothing better than a life lesson that works in more than spot in our lives. When I first got into writing for the purpose of publication, there were so many things I had to learn: who I could trust, Read more

How Stories Grow: a Lou Sylvre post with an excerpt from WIP, Blackmail and Roses

Hi! Lou Sylvre here, back again for my August appearance on Love Bytes. Last month I talked about how characters drive a story. This month I want to ramble a bit on the subject of how, for me, a story Read more

Expressions, Slang, and Outright Mistakes

It is the “dog days of summer” in Southern Ontario. And, of course, the moment I typed out that line I immediately had to go look up what the heck that actually means. I mean, do dogs specifically enjoy this Read more

Where’s My Character? Or, Location, Location, Location—Lou Sylvre musing on why we love these guys

Hi! Lou Sylvre here absolutely thrilled to be making this reappearance on Love Bytes. The title of my post is admittedly a little obscure—it’s really about making a character “real.” I decided to write this when, in the course of Read more