LambieCrafts

Art, Commissions, and a touch of fandom madness.

[lambiecraft]

 Hey, a second commission!  You know, I am doing a thing over on my page, for every two commissions, I open a slot up for free! https://www.facebook.com/LambieCrafts Feel free to head on over, you might be able to grab the first slot, and you can stay up to date on my art and any other freebies later on~!

[lambiecraft]

 You know, I also have a facebook page if any of you guys are interested. I go on it a lot more and would be willing to talk to people on it~ It’s called Lambie Crafts, you can’t miss it~!  Now, for the important part, I drew this guy! He belongs to someone important to me. Ain’t he a cutie? I help with the design, but the majority of that goes to his creator~

[lambiecraft]

 One of my first commissions, done~! This character was SO much fun to draw! She’s a very pretty character with some interesting tidbits about her, but that isn’t for me to share. ;)  This character does not belong to me. This picture is also just one of three images I did, and this one just has some special effects because they looked pretty.

[theliteraryarchitect]

Writing Advice Posts: A Handy Reference Guide

(Updated 11/22/19) Hey all, I’ve got quite a few writing advice posts & answered Asks on my blog at this point, so I’m making this reference guide to make it easier to find what you’re looking for. Hope it helps!

Free Pocket Guide to Self Editing for Fiction Writers

A collection of 5 checklists to help you map out a revision plan and move forward with your story.

Pre-Editing Checklist

Story Editing Checklist

Scene Editing Checklist

Sentence Editing Checklist

Post-Editing Checklist

Download the pocket guide for free right here.

Free Resource Library Downloads

All of these PDFs are also available to download for free on my website:

Creating Character Arcs Workbook

Point of View Cheatsheet

Dialogue Checklist

Setting Checklist

Questions to Ask Before Hiring an Editor Printable Checklist

Proper Manuscript Format Printable Checklist

Short Story & Novel Submission Templates

World-Building Checklist

Access the Free Resource Library right here.

General

8 Ways to Improve Your Writing

10 Best Books About Writing Fiction

How to Spot Bad Writing Advice: 6 Red Flags to Look For

“Show Don’t Tell”? Not Always. Here’s When to Use Summary

How to start a story

More about starting stories

The first sentence

Weak words

Why Just About Every Published Book in the World Does 57 Things That Just About Every Book About Writing Tells You Not to Do

Creative Nonfiction Cliches to Avoid

How to Read Like a Writer

The Writing Process, Writer’s Block, & Inspiration

To all the Writers Suffering from Depression

How to Train Yourself to Write Faster

Just a friendly reminder that creativity is difficult to quantify.

Quick Writing Tip: Make a Note to Your Future Self in Your WIP

Quick Writing Tip: Take Notes!

Just a friendly reminder that writing is not always a linear process.

Quick Cure for Writer’s Block: Lower Your Expectations

Set Realistic Goals

Your Skills May Need Time to Catch Up to Your Vision

It’s Okay to Experiment and Be Weird As Fuck

Surround Yourself With Supporters

It’s okay to take a break.

Your First Draft is Raw Material

Getting into “The Zone”

Vomit Brain

Writing from Your Imagination vs. Reality

Dealing with Criticism

Getting Bored with Your Own Writing

Getting past a block

Doing research on topics you don’t have first-hand experience with

Journalling about your writing

How to Keep Yourself From Editing As You Write

Advice for Getting Over a Writing Slump

Dealing with Procrastination

How to Write Like You Used to, Before You Learned Stuff that Fucked Up Your Natural Creative Flow and Turned Your Writing into Boring, Stilted Garbage

Concept: Maybe Your First Draft DOESN’T Suck

Character Development

Creating Character Arcs with the DCAST Method

What Does Your Main Character Want?

How to Activate Your Passive Characters, One Verb at a Time

How to Use Description to Show Character Development

How to Create a Non-Cliched First-Meeting Scene

The “It Depends” Post

Shifting internal goals

When to identify your character’s goal

Writing about normal people with normal problems

If you’re worried about your character being too similar to someone else’s character 

Describing your characters without messing up your pacing

Story, Plot, & Pacing

Quick Plotting Tip: Write Your Story Backwards

Pause at the Threshold

How to Spot an “Info-dump”

Slowing Down the Pace of Your Story Without Boring Your Reader

Time Transitions

How to Create a Non-Cliched First-Meeting Scene

Creating Conflict

When & how to cut a scene

If you’re good at creating characters but awful at creating plot

When you’ve plotted your story but can’t get started

En Media Res

Writing to Your Ideal Reader

Deus Ex Machina

Foreshadowing

Finding an Ending

What to write between moments of conflict

Starting a story with waking-up scene

How to Know When You’re Done Outlining

Description, Setting, & Worldbuilding

How to Make Your Descriptions Less Boring

How to Spot an “Info-dump”

Adding Descriptions to Intense Scenes Without Messing Up Your Story’s Flow

How to Use Description to Show Character Development

Worldbuilding: How much is too much?

Modeling your fantasy world from stuff in the real world

Internal Consistency

Utilizing Sound

How to Do World-Building Research

Point of View

How to Choose the Right Point of View for Your Story

A Beginner’s Guide to Multiple Point of View

6 Questions to Ask About Your Point of View

How to decide if you should use first person or third person

More point of view basics

Head hopping

How to Head Hop without Head Hopping

Dialogue

How to Improve Your Dialogue

3 Ways to Make Your Dialogue More Interesting

Starting a story with dialogue

Are You Using Too Much Stage Direction?

Which is Better: Exposition or Expository Dialogue?

Publishing & Sharing Your Work

7 Tips to Build an Audience for Your Writing

Pros and Cons of Self Publishing

Quick Publishing Tip: Don’t Bury Your Gold

How to Properly Format Your Manuscript for Publication

A warning about posting writing online that you intend to publish later

Advice for writers who are worried about people stealing their work or ideas

Getting feedback on your writing

How to Create a Cover Letter for a Literary Magazine or Journal

Editing

10 Questions to Ask an Editor Before Hiring Them

Quick Revision Tip: Read Your Writing Out Loud

How to Keep Yourself From Editing As You Write

Cut the fidgeting

Are you suffering from -ing disease?

Are you Using Too Much Stage Direction?

What “Editing” Really Means

Quick Editing Tip: “That”

Quick Revision Tip: Read Faster

Editing Tip: Dialogue

Tips for Editing a Story

Should You Use a Contract When Hiring an Editor?

Quick Tip: Up & Down

Pre-Editing Checklist

…if you find any broken links please let me know and I will fix them! xo

*I changed the name of my blog a while back. All of these links should work, but if you come across a “Bucket Siler has moved!” page when clicking on a link inside an old post, there’s an easy way to find what you’re looking for: In the url, delete “bucketsiler,” write “theliteraryarchitect,” then hit return. Also, let me know about it & I will fix it :)

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The Literary Architect is a writing advice blog run by me, Bucket Siler. For more writing help, check out my Free Resource Library or get The Complete Guide to Self-Editing for Fiction Writers. xoxo

[lambiecraft]

Just Reblogging for reference~

[lambiecraft]

 This is a character of mine that I have always messed up on when drawing her. Mostly because everytime I would draw her, I wanted to experiment and then it would cause the finished piece to look....wrong/bad/wierd.

 I still experimented here, but I am very happy with how she turned out!

[lambiecraft]

Hey, hey! Would anyone be interested in these cute little crochet ghosts/raindolls? Would anyone be interested in them being bigger/smaller, more like a blanket/baby blanket, different colors, etc? I do want opinions, answers, suggestions and questions even!

[lambiecraft]

 Oh, just an update, but I am doing commissions. :OO Ponies, People, I will attempt furries and other creatures at a discount, etc.

[lambiecraft]

 I made yet another OC, this time, a pony oc! I’ve had many other OCs in the past, including an OG one called Comet Parchment. Comet no longer fits me as I am now, so... meet Aesthetica Ornate!

[lambiecraft]

 Ah, first time doing some ‘special effects’ with something. I’m actually really happy with how it turned out!

[lambiecraft]

 And, that’s one drawing down! I had to completely re-do her skin, and then color and detail everything else. Hope you guys like her, it’s my OC Himiko!

[lambiecraft]

 Some hints of things I am working on! I am still trying to figure out colors for the second picture, specifically for the leafy hair clip! Suggestions are open!

[lambiecraft]

 The Mechanical Angel of 2014 to The Prosthetic Angel of 2020.  I felt it would be nice to redraw this piece and include something that is very much real. I am so proud of this drawing and I am so proud with how far I have progressed!

[lambiecraft]

 Here, have a Buddy for your feed~ <3

[lambiecraft]

 So, I see some people liked some of my drawings. I wouldn’t mind some suggestions on what I should draw next. It would be very much appreciated!

[lambiecraft]

 I LOVED Mega/Royal Pearl, and the surprise that came over me when this fusion happened! I’ve been putting it off for too long, so I finally drew her~

[lambiecraft]

 I drew Jan/Yan Valentine from Hellsing, BUT wearing a Santa hat and a red outfit. Hope you guys like him!

[lambiecraft]

 I did a fullbody before this one, but believe me, it was terrible. x.x I used a ref for this one, to help with posing, anatomy, etc. I think I did pretty good. 

 I don’t know what to name her, but she’s a gymnast with a love for leather jackets and is mixed race. Hope you guys like her!