As if writing protagonists weren't hard enough, some types are innately more difficult to write than others (at least in my opinion)....

Almost everyone who consumes YA ravenously knows that, more often than not, teen characters are given awful parents. They're alcoholics...

Have you ever read (or written) a book and felt like the characters were flat? Like everything about them was superficial or...

There are always bits and pieces of ideas for books floating around my mind. Sometimes it's a name, a place, an atmosphere, or something...

Hello. It's been a while since I've updated you on my writing. Actually, a long while. October was the last time I went somewhat in-depth...

It doesn't matter if you're a novice or a pro. There will always be some pertinent questions to consider whenever our brain sparks with...

If this one looks a little weird, it's because it is. It's also exactly what it looks like: a 1980s-set horror novel that includes...

Whether we like it or not, all art is influenced by something we've already seen before. Sometimes writers make conscious choices to...

I've been a reading fiend lately, particularly when it comes to darker YA fiction that's been published in the last five or six years....

I'm almost certain it was Wednesday night. Yes, it must have been, because Thursday ended in a deluge of tears that I slipped on as I...

Like I said a few posts ago, I've been a reading fiend lately. I read a whopping six books last month, which is unprecedented for me....

I'm typically the type of person who finishes a book no matter what. I'll slug through the slow ones and cringe at the poorly-written...

My detour down the YA horror path continues, although I would describe Some Kind of Animal as more of a dark, gritty contemporary. I'll...

As the author, it's easy for us to fall in love with our stories early on--maybe even before we've begun writing. We understand every...

Hey, you. Yeah, you. Why aren't you writing? What are you doing surfing the internet, signing into every social media account known to...

I went way off the reserve with this one. YA Horror is at the top of my to-read list, but when I found this dark fantasy in the library...

I wanted to kick off one of my first posts of 2021 with a book review, especially since it's been a while! I'm deviating slightly from my...

Sometimes, we're zapped with ideas out of nowhere. We're in the car or the shower. We're staring out the window at work or sweating it...

So, you're thinking of sharing your writing, huh? Maybe you're new at it, or maybe you've been around the block a few times but don't...

This year was completely weird and totally unanticipated, but that doesn't mean I didn't find a few new favorite things along the way....