Your writing space is a sanctuary, but you can only stare at the same four walls so long before they stop leaking ideas. If your muse…
Lots of writers look at their perfect notebook and imagine their perfect, finished books printed inside. That kind of perfectionism curses notebooks to a long, listless…
We all can agree that the summer months always seem to fly by way too fast. Suddenly you blink, it’s the end of August, and that…
This week, I learned something new alongside you guys – so that’s fun! Today’s topic is finding the ever-elusive “comps” (short for comprehensive titles). Basically, a…
T.S. Eliot said great writers steal. But we’re all supposed to be original, right? The truth is in the middle. Careful theft can build a wonderful…
We want to write books because we love to read books. But it’s easy to get distracted, and then your to-read pile grows out of proportion,…
“Self-Promo” seems to be every author’s least-favorite phrase. But arguably, it is also the most important. If you don’t promote your work, who will? Well, okay…
Ah, springtime. In addition to being born on the first day of spring twenty-something years ago, I’ve always loved this particular weather shift. There’s something undeniably…
When you’re bringing the story in your head to life, you’re going to want to consider all your options. In most circles, choosing the point of…
A dream may be motivation. It may be a vision, and ideal, or a character all its own. How do you use them in your story,…