The Common Threads Running Through Our Stories

What common threads run through your fiction?

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On Not Measuring Progress with Word Count

I’m flying in the face of the writing community today, but…

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What To Do When You Have Writing Schizophrenia

I finished the (hopefully near final) draft of my second novel last week, and an interesting thing has been happening to me since then…

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How To Write Characters You Hate

Some writerly musings this Monday…

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The Stages of Novel-Writing, Ranked from Worst to Best

I got to thinking about all the steps in the writerly process lately…

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One Weird Trick to Get Me In My Character’s Mindset

Just a quick writing tip for your Wednesday…

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Guest Post Alert!

I’m excited to be featured on one of my favorite writing blogs today! Head on over to Writability to see my post on why working with the right critique partners is so important! Image found somewhere on here

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How To Be A Good Critique Partner

So now that we’ve covered why you need to be a good critique partner, here are some tips on how to do that…

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Writers: Why You Need to Learn How to Give a Good Critique

I’ve written before about where to find critique partners but I wanted to touch on something just as important…

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How To Get Writing Done on Your Lunch Break

So I’ve talked a bit about how to find time to write when you work a full-time day job…

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