Five Endings To Avoid

Five Endings To Avoid

Last week I talked about beginnings, so this week it makes sense that I talk about endings. There are a number of ways you should NOT end your book. I’m going to run through a few of them and make recommendations for good alternatives as I do so. Now, usually, I write...
Great Beginnings

Great Beginnings

What is it that takes your reader from their comfy chair and places them into the world of your story? What makes a reader lose themselves in a book? It takes a great beginning. Is that beginning made of action? Is it character? Is it setting? What is it that is going...
Theme on Your Mind

Theme on Your Mind

The human brain is an incredible thing. Not only does it make sure our bodies continue to function without a thought, it does a lot of other things that don’t require any deliberate thoughts on our part. The one I’m thinking of today is writing a deeper meaning into...
When it’s hard to write

When it’s hard to write

I don’t know how many of you know this but I now live in Kyiv, Ukraine. You might have heard about it recently in the news? About 120,000 Russian troops are now surrounding the country on three sides and more are coming to both the Russian-Ukraine border and being...