• Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    I’ve been the victim of a writing group troll. I didn’t even want to read my rough draft. Then he proceeded to tear it apart. I understood why there was another writing group that had broken off from his and why they didn’t include him. I wish I hadn’t let it discourage me. But that…

  • Some Recommended Resources for Writers

    Some Recommended Resources for Writers

    Check out K.M. Weiland’s latest article on her blog for writers, Helping Writers Become Authors: The Professional Writing Resources I Use for All Parts of the Writing and Publishing Processes This awesome blog post has several resources I’m going to consider using in the future. I also recently came across the following links for writers…

  • I’m All for Foreshadowing

    I’m All for Foreshadowing

    When writing fiction, use foreshadowing to avoid an unbelievable coincidence. Your story will be stronger because of it. Photo by Benjamin Suter from Pexels

  • How I Trick Myself into Writing

    How I Trick Myself into Writing

    Even though I love my Work In Progress (WIP), sometimes I need a little motivation. Recently, just for fun, I printed out the full manuscript of the second draft of my WIP. I couldn’t believe how tall the stack of pages turned out to be. I had only worked on my WIP digitally. I had…

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    Some articles on fiction writing: How to Stop Procrastinating and Keep Writing 5 Essential Hero’s Journey Themes and Symbolic Archetypes That Will Thrill Your Readers Write On: 27 of the Best Books on Writing Pace Your Prose — Three Thoughts on Timing World Building in Epic Fantasy

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    Happy Valentines Day. Hope you’re in love … with writing. Here are some fiction writing tips I found. Hope they help you as you write. Wait! 5 Novel Editing Questions to Ask Before Your Book Is Actually Done! The Now Novel PATTERN system for plotting your sci-fi novel Why You Need a Written Story Timeline…

  • Author Interview: Emmie Brown

    Author Interview: Emmie Brown

    Emmie and I met over ten years ago when I worked with a program called Young Adult Volunteers. During orientation at beautiful Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, Emmie and I had several interesting conversations. Years later, she is a wife and mother and now is the author of her debut novel, The Broken & Beautiful…

  • 5 Characters Who Should Be in Your Story

    5 Characters Who Should Be in Your Story

    Take a look at your story and see if you have the following … Featured in the Structuring Your Novel Workbook. Photo by Isabella Mariana from Pexels

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    Why are companies, including publishers, leaving Amazon? And some more articles on writing fiction I’ve read lately: Amazon Past Prime: Why Major Retailers & Publishers are Going it Alone Author, We Have a Problem: 4 Tips on Plotting Your Novel Plot structure examples: Creative plot lessons from stories Writing Crime: Myths And Misconceptions About The…


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