Have you explored your Tendencies?

Dec 5, 2021 | Blog, Life, Method, Writing

I could have sworn I’d written a blog post about Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies, but somehow when I went to look for it today, it wasn’t there – not on my website or in the file of blog posts I’d written. I am going to correct this oversight right now! Gretchen...

Linear Writing — or not?

Oct 31, 2021 | Blog, Method, WIP, Writing

Are you a linear writer? Do you start at the beginning of your story and write straight through to the end? Or are you the sort of person who writes whatever scenes you can envision no matter where in the story the scene takes place? I’ve always been a rather top-down...

Writing Every Day

Oct 24, 2021 | Blog, Method, WIP, Writing

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the speed at which I write. Since signing a contract with a small publisher for three books and a Christmas novella, I’ve been stressing about my writing a lot more than I’ve had to do since I went indie. As an indie author, I...

As you know…a look into dialogue

Oct 17, 2021 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

Merry gazed into her computer screen at the twelve avid readers of her blog and countless others who popped in every now and then to see what she was writing this week. “You know I love you all,” she said with a wistful smile. “I’ve been writing this blog now for ten...

Some Thoughts for Pantsers

Sep 26, 2021 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

You’re a pantser. I get that. Life would be boring if you knew the ending of your story before you wrote it. Your characters need some space to grow and develop on the page as they’re doing in your mind. The story is unfolding under your very fingertips, you write as...