How to Write a Romance

How to Write a Romance

A friend of mine who writes horror was thinking of writing a romance novel as a change, so I thought maybe I’d give her a little advice. Let’s start with the definition of a romance – it’s a story where two beings (people/creatures/aliens, whatever) fall in love and...
A Writer’s Traits, Continued

A Writer’s Traits, Continued

Continued from last week… here are the last five traits of a writer. 6. Like being alone The funny thing about being a writer is that we tend to write when we’re not actually with anyone else. Yes, some writers write best in a coffee shop or when surrounded by...
A Writer’s Traits

A Writer’s Traits

Are you a writer? Just putting words down on a piece of paper or computer screen does not necessarily make you a writer. Writers are known to have certain traits. You don’t have to have all of them, but most writers have most of them. Some of these traits, if you...
POV for all

POV for all

A few weeks ago Amazon made me an offer I couldn’t refuse—three months of Kindle Unlimited for $1. I’m not a big fan of Kindle Unlimited because I believe that Amazon has too much market share already and I don’t like that books have to be exclusive to Amazon to be...
Organize Yourself

Organize Yourself

With the new year, I love to re-organize myself. I create a new calendar (modified from Audrey Hughey’s fantastic author planner) and take a good look at my computer filing system to make sure that all my books and pictures are well backed up and everything is easily...