Something unusual to consider

Something unusual to consider

by | Jul 24, 2022 | Blog, Life, Writing, Writing Craft

I’m not much of a gamer. I play a few stupid little puzzle games and card games on my phone. Every once in a while, I’ll play a mystery game where you have to solve puzzles to solve a simple mystery. And… that’s about it. My kids,...
The power of sentence length

The power of sentence length

by | Jul 10, 2022 | Blog, Writing, Writing Craft

  Here’s a question you might not see often: How long are your sentences? Do you write really long, descriptive sentences that give your reader a lot of information so they know just where they are, what your character is doing and how they’re feeling? Or are...
The importance of knowing the basics

The importance of knowing the basics

by | Jun 26, 2022 | Blog, Writing, Writing Craft

Grammar is absolutely my least favorite thing about being a writer… and yet, I’m also an editor. Go figure that one out! Actually, if you were to ask a bunch of editors whether they enjoyed grammar I’d guess that at least half would say no. Grammar just isn’t...
Never Ending Editing

Never Ending Editing

by | Jun 19, 2022 | Writing

One of the hardest things for new authors to know is when their book is finished. You might think that when you write those lovely words, “The End”, that would be the end of the book, but experienced writers know that, in fact, for many, that’s just the mid-point in...
Getting Through the Mid-Book Slump

Getting Through the Mid-Book Slump

by | Jun 12, 2022 | Blog, Life, Method, Writing

The mid-book slump. We all experience it. In the past week, I’ve seen three people on Facebook asking others for advice on this phenomenon. They’ve written to the middle or nearly to the middle of their book and they’re bored or they’ve run out of ideas or they’re...