The Plotting Synopsis

The Plotting Synopsis

One thing that writers have always said that they dislike is writing a synopsis. It’s true that summarizing a 75,000 word book into a page can be extremely difficult. However, writing a synopsis doesn’t always have to be a chore. One way I plot my books is by writing...
Taking one for the team

Taking one for the team

I hate grammar. I think I might have mentioned that here before. I just find it so incredibly boring! I can find no interest at all in the different parts of speech, all the rules, where to place commas—all of it. And yet, I just spent a great deal of money on a...
The Best Gift You Can Give Any Writer

The Best Gift You Can Give Any Writer

It’s that time of year again! Yup, time to look through all those lists of things you either can’t afford or can’t image why anyone would think a writer would want that (an antique manual typewriter? Really?? I mean… it’s pretty, but unless you’ve got a lot of spare...
AuthorTube!

AuthorTube!

AuthorTube! As my husband said when I said the word aloud to him, “What the heck is that?” Have you heard of it? I certainly hadn’t until I attended the SelfPubCon a few weeks ago. It’s similar to BookTok and Bookstagram, only it’s for authors—and there is,...
Learning from Failure

Learning from Failure

We all fail. We all try new things and have them just not work out the way you expected. But that doesn’t mean that you throw away what you did and never look at it again. You need to stop, take a good hard look at what you did and why it didn’t work and see what you...