Why should I care? Why should you?

Why should I care? Why should you?

by | Jul 13, 2025 | Blog, Writing, Writing Craft

Rachel Toalson wrote a wonderful blog post for Writer UnBoxed. It’s about getting to the heart of your story — why you wrote it and why readers will remember it long after they finished reading it. Sometimes it’s really hard finding the heart of your story. If you...
Succeeding

Succeeding

by | Apr 13, 2025 | Blog, Business of Writing, Life, Writing

How do you know when you’ve made it? How do you know when you have succeeded? What is your definition of success? This can be with anything in your life: your marriage, your full-time job, your tennis game, whatever! But, of course, what I’m talking about right now is...
To use AI or not

To use AI or not

by | Feb 16, 2025 | Blog, Business of Writing, Method, Writing

It’s the question so many authors are struggling with—and by authors, I mean people who come up with an idea for a novel, write it without assistance except from other human beings, and then publish. There is Artificial Intelligence EVERWHERE. You’ve heard...
The Conflict Box

The Conflict Box

by | Dec 22, 2024 | Blog, Method, WIP, Writing

Continuing on with the theme of conflict (because I’ve been having so much trouble resolving the conflict in the book I’m writing and because the book I’m editing doesn’t have nearly enough), I was recently reminded of the conflict box....
Writing Through Reality

Writing Through Reality

by | Nov 10, 2024 | Blog, Life, Writing

No matter what your feelings are toward current events in the US, we are all feeling something. Some are happy and hopeful, some distraught and scared of what will happen in the future. But the most important question is whether you are going to allow this to affect...