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?

Every great story needs a great character. A hero we can connect with and cheer for their success. A villain we can sneer at and...

Full-length novel ideas generally develop organically for me, a slow process eased along by years of influences and fleeting thoughts,...

Be A Boss! Write Every Day! Stay Positive! Yeah, no. I try, I really do, but that’s just not me. I was a boss for 15 years in retail. It...

Beta readers are a requirement for any author. There are entire groups dedicated to helping authors find betas for their WIPs. No one can...

I have been sadly unproductive the last several days. I had hoped to write thousands of words every day for NaNoWriMo, bust out an entire...

November is National Novel Writing Month, and I am giving it a go yet again this year. Writing 50,000 words in a month is no small feat,...

What genre do you write? Ah, the dreaded question. There is nothing trickier than an author trying to pigeonhole their work into a tight...

Let’s talk World-Building. What are some questions you’ve asked yourself when first setting out to build your world? There’s the obvious...

The Hook. Those precious few lines where readers decide whether or not to buy your book. It’s the most important thing you’ll ever write,...

I am a reformed Pantser. During my early years when I still had a lot to learn about story craft, I would write by the seat of my pants,...

Make your characters seem like real people. You’ve heard it before. “Your characters need to be relatable.” What does this mean?...

Authors are frequently asked, What inspires you? It’s a very personal question, one with as many different answers as there are authors. ...

Promotion – the dirty word of the publishing industry. Whether self-published, traditional, or something in between, promoting yourself...

Everybody loves a good echo chamber. Who doesn’t want to be told how awesome and wonderful they are? It boosts the ego, justifies the...

So you wanna be a writer? That’s awesome. Me, too. But where do I begin? With the story, of course! You can’t be an author without a...

I am someone who wears many hats. Wife, mother, editor, marketer, craftswoman, DIY-er, menial laborer. But my favorite job is fiction...