Right after I posted the frostbite article, https://novelmalpractice.com/novel-malpractice-writing-about-frostbite/ another writer on Facebook asked how chilblains was related. Talk about right on the money! Dickens wrote about chilblains, as did another favorite author, Charlotte Bronte, in Jane Eyre. The POV character Jane writes about getting chilblains in the charity school for orphans, Lowood, during winter. (Is “Low wood” a pun …
Are you writing about Frostbite? If you live anywhere the weather gets a lot of snow or is freezing cold, you’ve probably suffered mild, early frostbite. My parents’ house in Indiana was on a steep hill, so sliding down the snow on sleds or saucers was an annual event. Along with very cold, red fingers, AKA early frostbite, called frostnip. …
Have you, as an author, committed “novel malpractice”? Can you write authentically about medical issues? Most writers without a medical background struggle with that. Writers, television shows, and movies often get it wrong. If the writing and story are good, readers may overlook mistakes, but I want to help you improve your skillsets. Over the last two decades, as a …
