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...
Editing Tips

Editing Tips

by | Oct 7, 2018 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

(It’s a clever title, I know. I strive for the best!) For some people editing is the bulk of their writing. They throw stuff down onto the “page” and then edit it into shape. For others, editing is the last stage—what they do just before sending their work off...

Index Cards? Really?

by | Sep 30, 2018 | Blog, Method, WIP, Writing

Yup, really! I’ve got a new answer to the age-old question of how to organize scenes. It seems like every couple of books I completely change the way I organize and map out the scenes in my book. Why? I have absolutely no idea. Sometimes one way works for a book,...