While fumbling through the internet, I found a post by Brian Klems who is the online editor for Writer’s Digest. I receive the WD emails, so I read through a […]

A lot of writers I’ve met have said that one of the questions they’re asked most is where do you find inspiration. It’s hard to give a real answer to […]

This is Janice. And I want to steal her sweater. 🙂 Recently, I discovered Janice Hardy’s blog. Janice is the author of the middle grade Healing Wars Trilogy, but her […]

It’s one of those rules I feel like I’ve always known: Don’t use exclamation points in writing. I’ve always heard this… and I’ve pretty much always ignored it. With the […]

I have, in essence, run a creative marathon in the past few weeks and now I feel exhausted.  As soon as I finished the draft, I started setting up for […]

This past weekend was phenomenal both for the family time I enjoyed and the writing milestones I hit. First, on Saturday I broke 100,000 words! Yaaaaay! This meant that, no […]

After my consuming worries yesterday morning, I’m happy to report that I’m back on the horse! In fact, I think I may be stronger for taking a day off. So, […]

Since October 31st, I’ve been moving forward in this draft at bullet-train speed. Some days my word count jumped by almost 10,000. That is unheard of for me! Most days […]

I’ve always know the value of a reader who asks questions, but for a few years I’ve been without one. A good reader will find all those plot holes you […]

Writing is work. Anyone who says otherwise is either lying or selling something. That being said, how do you get from concept to finished first draft? I’m not talking about […]

Having never attempted NaNo before, I’ve never realized how consuming it is. Especially when you set yourself a goal that is double the normal NaNo goal. HOWEVER… I AM OFFICIALLY […]

Have you ever gotten so deep into your writing that it starts to get to you? I feel like my characters are starting to stalk me while I sleep. This […]

Seriously! I’m very pleased with myself. I’ve managed to keep up some of the momentum yesterday even though I spent most of the day at work and therefore away from […]