POV for all

POV for all

by | Jan 20, 2019 | Blog, Writing, Writing Craft

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

by | Jan 6, 2019 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

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...

Goals, Hopes, and Dreams

by | Dec 23, 2018 | Blog, Life, Writing, Writing Craft

Do you make New Year’s resolutions? Have you every kept any? If you answered yes, and yes, then kudos to you! Most people make then and then don’t keep them. Personally, I gave up making New Year’s resolutions years ago. If I want to lose weight, start going to the...

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...

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...