Linear Writing — or not?

Linear Writing — or not?

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

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...
Celebrating Ten Years (!!) of Blogging

Celebrating Ten Years (!!) of Blogging

On October 9, 2011, I wrote my very first blog post. It was all about how I was trying to teach myself HTML and had an absolutely horrid drawing that I drew myself (I’m not even going to link to it, and I don’t think it shows up anymore on that page because I am so...
Some Thoughts for Pantsers

Some Thoughts for Pantsers

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...