I've been blogging for over a year, and I've never ever had a guest post. Ashley has the honor of being my first one! Note that the opinions in this post do not necessarily reflect the opinions of moi. -Amaranthine Hi! Ashley here. I'm guest posting, which, I think is simply loverly. (BTW, isn't loverly a great word?). So, Amaranthine here asked me to do a post on Writing. I'll profess, I'm not a professional. I'm still learning how to write a lasting novel. But, I'll share what I've learned, and maybe it will be something you don't know yet, and I can aid you on your journey! Tip 1: Know your characters I can't emphasize this enough. When I started out writing when I was about 8, I controlled my characters to such an extent that they had no life of their own. (If you're not a writer, you will think the rest of this tip really weird, but, if you're not a writer, why are you reading this?). I almost gave u...