Hello! I'm back. If this post feels off, that's my bad. After *counts on fingers* more than three months away, I'm a little rusty. Still,...

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

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...

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

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...

When you're new to writing, you'll eventually hear the adage, "show, don't tell." You may understand how it's helpful--the readers get to...

Developing characters is a different story for every book and every writer. Some characters open up their whole lives to us the second...

You heard me. I did it. I wrote 50,000 words (50,117, to be exact), in twenty-nine days. I finished on Saturday evening while I was...

Surprise! I'm delivering this post to you a day early. 2020 is a weird and rough year for so many of us, but it's important to look back...

Last time you saw me, I had caught back up with my word count despite the relapse in week one and my lack of passion for the project....

I've been listening to Taylor Swift a lot lately--everything from her old school country tunes to her synthesized pop masterpieces--and I...