A common question creatives of all kinds face is “where do you find ideas?” This question comes not only from curious fans, but also...

Ever since I transitioned from panster to plotter, I've been searching for a great workbook to organize all my writing in. Before MS...

Community can be a very important thing for writers. We naturally spend a great deal of our time alone crafting our tales and finding...

I am a big proponent of making things work for you, regardless of how an item was intended to be used. Multi-purposed, repurposed,...

Any time you start talking about your book or trying to market it, one of the first things you will be asked is what genre your book...

Writing has never been and likely will never be about money for me. For one, I find most marketing techniques to be morally abhorrent....

Happy New Year! I think it’s safe to say 2020 didn’t turn out like anyone anticipated. It certainly threw all my expectations right out...

From tales told around campfires, ‘true stories’ whispered over beers, to some truly entertaining episodes of Supernatural, X Files,...

Halloween Season (which, let’s be honest, is the entire month of October) has always been my favorite time of year. The weather is...

I started planning out my stories a few years ago as a way to combat the inevitable burn-out brought on by trying to pants my way through...

A great many of us have been spending most of our time at home this year. For some, this has included transitioning to an at-home work or...

This week, I finally managed to work on my short story collection, adding another 11,000 words. I am now halfway to my completed word...

What makes a story interesting? A character you can connect with? A quest that keeps you on the edge of your seat? An expert use of...

What are the different POVs in creative writing?

We have survived another turn of the celestial wheel. Today marks the start of not only a new year, but a new decade. A century ago, we...

Detectives Kane and Hodge investigate a Christmas Eve kidnapping.

With Halloween less than 24 hours away, I thought I'd get the party started a tad early with a little horror story to set the mood. Just...

The third and final segment of my Creatures of the Night series covers my favorite horror beastie: The Vampire. Possibly the most...

Last week I talked about a few common ghost stories from around the world. Today I’m going to focus on shapeshifting. There are many...

It’s Halloween Season!! My favorite time of year. Cooler temperatures, a smorgasbord of hot drinks and tasty treats, scary tales, and fun...