A few years ago, I was asked to contribute to a horror anthology. The only problem – I had written one horror story in my entire…
As a “millennial” verging on my 40s, the first time I heard about TikTok, I rolled my eyes and said—“Ok, videos of kids lip-syncing and dancing.…
Today’s ‘Ask Inkitt’ Question: I’m getting ready to create an Inkitt profile. Should I use a pen name? That’s a great question, and my answer is…
After a year and a half of writer’s conferences being canceled or virtual due to Covid—they’re starting to come back! But what’s the deal with writer’s…
Readers want to go on a journey with someone they care about. That person doesn’t have to be a ray of sunshine, although that’s fine too.…
Writing an entire book is hard. It’s hard to find the time and motivation to work on it, and it’s also hard to figure out how,…
We spend a lot of time thinking about our protagonists. We know them from the inside out—what they fear, where they’re from, what job they have,…
Publishing, in recent years, has had a moment of reckoning. Available books haven’t reflected the range of experiences lived by people (aka, most protagonists are straight…
Hey fellow writers! How are the words coming this year? It’s been about three months since you last made those New Year’s resolutions about your writing,…
A couple of weeks into the new year, after the glimmer of resolutions has started to fade, it’s easy to get sucked into the gloom that…