Your Goals

by | Dec 9, 2018 | Blog, Life, Writing

The very first thing I do when I start creating a new protagonist is to think about their goals. What do they want? What are they going to spend the duration of the book working toward? Of course, I then need to figure out why they want that goal and what’s stopping...

Writing Space and 10 Essential Tools

by | Dec 2, 2018 | Blog, Life, Writing

People have been talking quite a bit recently about an author’s “writing space”. This month’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group askes the question “What are five objects we’d find in your writing space?” and I’ve seen the question in other forms asked in other places,...

Don’t Give Up–Ever

by | Nov 18, 2018 | Blog, Life, Writing

This week we have a very special guest post from Sha Renee. Sha is one of those writers we all strive to be–warm-hearted and generous. She offered to host any author on her blog during the month of November in an effort to give back to the writing community. She...

A Marketing Co-op

by | Nov 11, 2018 | Blog, Life, Writing

Writers are amazing people. Not only are they highly intelligent (usually) and extremely creative people with amazing imaginations and an incredible understanding of people (how else could we create them from nothing and make others believe they’re real?), they are...

Get to that Goal

by | Nov 4, 2018 | Blog, Method, WIP, Writing, Writing Craft

We all know the importance of Goal, Motivation, and Conflict in our characters and their story, but as I’m grappling with the end of the book I’m writing, it’s becoming increasingly important for me to keep this in mind, so I thought I’d share my thoughts on the topic...

It’s Nearly Nano: Writing Fast

by | Oct 28, 2018 | Blog, Method, Writing

It used to be that if a writer went for advice on how to get their writing done quickly, the answer was simply BIC (butt in chair). Today, things are a little more complicated. So here are five easy things you can do to speed up your writing: BIC-TOI&N: Butt in...