How far do we need to go when researching characters for a book? Obviously much relies on our imagination, but sometimes when you really want to get … [Read more...]

Can you trust your memories? And can you use tools to summon them if need be? Invoking memory is part of writing, imagination is forged of gathering … [Read more...]

Trigger warning: This blog post deals specifically with child sexual abuse and may be unsettling to some readers.   I hadn’t planned on … [Read more...]

Some of my colleagues here have made great posts on the topic of 'rules' when it comes to writing, and how they're meant to be broken. All those 'You … [Read more...]

This will be a short post today as I have a stupid, stupid cold with bronchitis and am sitting here miserably eating chicken soup. However... I've … [Read more...]

I recently went out to dinner with my husband and some friends of his that I hadn't met yet, and got sucked into one of THOSE conversations again. … [Read more...]

We all know that people get bugshit crazy around the holidays. Depression is certainly prevalent, but even if that’s not the case, emotions are … [Read more...]

I'm going to talk a bit about editing today. Even if you're new to writing and submitting, I'm going to assume you've learned that editing your own … [Read more...]

It's understandable when authors put out stories that coincide with Christmas or Valentines day, as people are genuinely in the mood for it, which … [Read more...]

No matter how many times I start the process over again, meaning starting a new book, there's always SOMETHING I forget from the last dozen times. And … [Read more...]

When you've been writing fiction for many years, one would think it all becomes second nature after a time. And some of it does. But there are still … [Read more...]

By now I'm sure everyone's read about the new Clean Reader app, if not here's the link. http://www.cleanreaderapp.com/ This has given a lot of … [Read more...]