Your Character Bible

Jun 9, 2024 | Blog, Method, Writing

If you are a serious author, please don’t do what I did—your future self will thank you. Keep a book bible! For every book you write you need a list of all of the characters mentioned. You may not think that it’s so important. You know who your characters are. Why is...

Prioritizing and Organizing

Sep 3, 2023 | Blog, Business of Writing, Method, Writing

As I think my regular readers have figured out, I’ve recently been fooling around with a lot of software recently—organizers, to do lists, and calendar apps—all in an effort to organize my life and my writing. And then my daughter, who has begun proofreading...

Writing Deep

Mar 16, 2020 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

  It’s been a while since I’ve written a post on an aspect of writing craft, but as I’m beginning to do more editing for my new job as a book coach, I’m coming across writing that could have done with a little more craft. The piece I’m working on right now is a...