Category Archives: Words

3 Hot Tips to Make Your Middle-Grade Novel Saleable

Posted on April 5, 2020 by

If you’ve been studying writing awhile, you’re well-versed on how to create a character, how to structure a plot, and how to find the novel’s “voice” (by far the hardest thing). But did you know these three extras that really … Continue reading →

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Transforming Fear into Fiction

Posted on March 25, 2020 by

How to use these strange times to propel your words Never have we seen such widespread fear in our society. Yet we were warned. Scientists have predicted a major pandemic. We all coasted along, visiting the world easily, indulging ourselves, … Continue reading →

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When Your Own Writing Spooks You

Posted on March 17, 2017 by

Clean the basement. That’s how you find pieces of writing you never remember writing. I found one, and am going to throw it away. It isn’t bad as much as it is strange. In 2008 I took a stream-of-consciousness writing … Continue reading →

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Angst. Just your general angst.

Posted on March 21, 2016 by

I know writing is not supposed to be fun. I know it is not necessarily supposed to be hard. I know it can work well as you get into the “flow” and time and space disappear beneath the rapid-fire sequence … Continue reading →

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The Strangest Quotes You Have Ever Heard, No Kidding

Posted on July 11, 2015 by

Here’s what happens when you open an old box you forgot you had and look inside… Continue reading →

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