It’s a new year, time to make resolutions and promises meant to improve our lives. Last January, I rebelled against this tradition and instead of setting new resolutions, I aimed to finish all my past (uncompleted) ones. So that was my “word” for the year of 2025…FINISH. And it worked! I had the most productive year of my writing career. I finished and published the sequel in my Keepers Series, […]
Writing an eloquent and smooth storyline to flow from beginning to end with voice, style, and depth is like digging a grave. Not that I’ve dug a grave before, but as a creator, I can imagine the analogy. I believe most authors strive for their story to stand on its own structurally, as well as thrive in that foundation with carefully crafted words to clearly tell their tale and impact […]
Crack—Bang—BOOM! How are you doing on your writing journey? I’ve decided to BOOM! Yes, it was a decision. If you start now, you might experience your own fireworks by New Year’s Eve!
Three small steps to rev up your writing stamina, even in a world of distractions, exhaustion, and overwhelm.
How many of you have already abandoned your New Year’s Resolutions? Hey—don’t worry! Here’s a new idea! Focus instead on recycled goals from previous years. If recycling is good enough for the environment, then it’s good enough for me!
After carefully weaving my words and sentences into the final draft of a manuscript, cutting words away was the last thing I wanted to do! However, that’s exactly what my editor requested in my latest manuscript.
You’ve typed, The End, at the bottom of your draft. After revising your pages several times, made the listed fixes from your developmental editor’s notes, it’s time to…what?
I find myself like a rabbit chasing carrots here, there, and everywhere in the writing world, causing my home to be far from a cozy bush in a safe backyard but in overwhelm. Writers need to find their boundaries.
Steps In Between 