Ever feel like you are going in circles? Sure you do. Everyone does, right? I'm the type of writer known as an outliner, which means I like to plan my whole story in advance and make detailed
Continue readingAs a writer, I'm fairly forgiving of books that I read; fully appreciative of the long hours, sweat, anguish, mood swings and sheer number of hours required to write a book. I hope that few readers take
Continue readingDoes a plot have to have an antagonist – a villain? Do you enjoy books or movies without a villain? One of the classic plot lines for a story is a protagonist – the hero – defeating
Continue readingToday, on the morning of July 4th, my book had its own Independence Day. My book has been freed. What am I prattling on about? Let me step back a week. Last week I celebrated the completion of the first
Continue readingWell, all right, not the real world, just the world I am currently writing about in my second book. “Oh,” you say, disregarding the whole thing, but for an author this is a big deal. When it
Continue readingI recently reached one of the many milestones that budding authors stumble across, the realization that even after completing our first book, we have only set foot on the long road to learning our craft. I
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