Bringing your characters alive through dialogue

Dialogue tags. Hints. Tips. Gripes.
When I started out on this writing adventure I was scared to write dialogue.  The first draft of Death’s Golden Whisper contained almost no dialogue, something I knew had to change the  minute I finished the draft.  During subsequent revisions, I gradually added more and more dialogue until I became fully at ease with it. Now I almost prefer writing dialogue, because I hate to say it, I find it easier than description or internal monologue.&nb...