Subplots

Subplots

by | Dec 19, 2021 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

I find myself in an odd position this week. I’m writing the next book in my Royal Hearts series and it’s way too short. Now, for me that’s not unusual, I do tend to write short. I’m very concise. I don’t add a lot of extraneous detail and usually have to go back in...
Have you explored your Tendencies?

Have you explored your Tendencies?

by | 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?

Linear Writing — or not?

by | 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

Writing Every Day

by | 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...