Ernest Hemingway famously said “the only kind of writing is rewriting.” For many of us, it took a while for that to really sink in. Most...

To most, November 1st is merely the start of a new month. One containing Thanksgiving and the onslaught of the holiday season. For...

Every writer was a reader first. Indeed, a love of reading is usually the reason people start writing. Due to this, a universally...

I shall be telling this with a sigh, Somewhere ages and ages hence Robert Frost, ‘The Road Not Taken’ There is a fierce heartache known...

As both a writer and a reader, one of the most common debates I see is based on a preference of which type of story you prefer: plot...

As I write these words, my husband is in the next room, singing ABCs with our daughter and putting her to bed. It’s his night to do the...

My writing was dead. My words were dull and dry, my characters flat and lifeless, and my plot a steaming heap of contradictions and...

Oh, hello there. Don’t mind me, the panicked queer author hiding in the corner of the Romance party, sweating nervously at the prospect...

Whether you’re a veteran in the game, saving yourself for the perfect moment or simply just haven’t taken the plunge yet, I can assume we...

So, you’ve got two characters who are perfect for each other. You know it, but they don’t know it yet, do they? Congratulations! You’re...

It’s been a week. A month. A year. Maybe more. You feel like a stranger at your desk; the white abyss of the blank page you’re staring at...

2021 is officially coming to an end, and some of you may be panicking about setting “New Year’s Resolutions” for your author business. It...

I made this list as part of my revision process for my debut novel, Let it Reign. I hoped to write a book readers would struggle to put...

One of the hardest parts of being a writer is finding our voice. That unique quality to our writing that makes it distinctively ours....

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“It was a bright spring day when Calla Emery kneed the man her mother sent to woo her, deep in the crotch.” With this first sentence,...

Ah, how to start… You know that feeling? The churn in your stomach as you stare at the blank page – when the words are inconveniently not...

Tension is arguably the most essential aspect of any story worth writing and writing worth reading. Authentic tension connects us to the...

Five years ago, I decided to write a book. So, I did. It was easy. Said no writer in the history of the world, ever. When I began writing...