The End

Dec 8, 2019 | Blog, Method, WIP, Writing

James Scott Bell, begins his book The Last Fifty Pages, with the quote by Mickey Spillane: “The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.” I love that quote and it’s so very true. It’s also very true that endings are hard. Damned hard! We work to...

Asking the Right Questions

Dec 1, 2019 | Blog, Method, WIP, Writing

Sometimes when you write you just get stuck. No matter how well you plot, no matter how well you think things out beforehand, sometimes things just come to a sputtering halt in your writing and you aren’t sure how to go on. When that happens, I always find that asking...

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Nov 3, 2019 | Blog, Life, Writing

My apologies to you all who were looking for more help getting ready for NaNoWriMo. I just needed to write this today… Writers live with failure. We live with rejection. It’s just part of the business of being a creative. Is it any wonder, then, that we’re like...

Revisiting the Hero’s Journey

Oct 13, 2019 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

In preparation for NaNoWriMo, have you thought of outlining your book using the Hero’s Journey? It is, by far, the most popular story structure. Hollywood movies use it all the time. It fits most stories, no matter the genre. I could use Harry Potter, the Wizard of Oz...

Planning, Journaling and Collaboration

Sep 29, 2019 | Blog, Life, Self-publishing, Writing

With the start of October, we move into something I hadn’t realized existed—Planner Season! Apparently, October is the time when people start thinking about what planner they’re going to use the following year. They look at all of the offerings out there and decide...