I’m so excited to announce the launch of my reference book for writers! Master Lists for Writers grew out of some popular posts on my blog, but most of the content is new. Whether you’re getting ideas for a brand new story, developing your characters, or searching for the right words as you write, I think it’s going to be a great resource.
Hey y’all! Today I am blogging over at Fiction University about a terrible condition that afflicted my early stories. (It still plagues my first drafts, to be honest.) Check it out!
Recently, someone I don’t know well in one of my (many, I’m afraid) private online groups vented about the guy she was seeing: a not-quite-boyfriend. She was most often the one to make plans, and he cancelled at the last minute about a third of the time. She was asking the group how to get him to back out less often
Fall is the perfect season for reading… but then, I kind of think that with every new season. This month I read a few of the books everybody was reading, and then some. Take a look!
The wonderful movie Warrior has a great lesson in how to write good dialogue. In one scene, a science teacher who moonlights as a fighter talks with his wife late at night while he repairs his girls’ dollhouse furniture. This is a brilliant action that tells you so much about the kind of guy he is, and it makes their
I will admit that of all the zodiac signs, Libra is the hardest one for me to pin down. But if I’m understanding the classic Libra personality type correctly, Libras themselves can be hard to pin down, because they go back and forth on decisions and often want to get along with everyone. Let’s take a look at Libra characteristics!
I don’t watch a lot of TV. Sometimes I watch Supernatural besides one other TV show, and sometimes I just watch Supernatural. Supernatural is beginning its ELEVENTH SEASON on Wednesday. ELEVENTH. Friends. That’s as long as the original Law & Order. How is this possible for such a small show? Apparently it’s okay if not a ton of people like