How did a month pass so quickly? There’s only one full day of NaNo left! As you cobble together your final wordcount, as you hit...

Here we are, at the start of Camp NaNoWriMo’s Week 4! Where did the time go? In some ways, it feels like it’s been April forever…and then...

The beginning of Week 3 is upon us! Week 2 has been conquered and Camp Nano is half over. Whether “conquered” looks to you like a...

Week 2 of Camp Nanowrimo is upon us! For some, this is a pinnacle achievement – a whole week of writing dangerously under your belt! For...

NaNoWriMo season has begun! In November 2009, I remember hitting a serious low point in my writing. I had no inspiration, no direction,...

There’s no shortage of blogs, articles, books, etc. that will try to helpfully steer writers toward telling stories for a niche that will...

In last week’s blog post, we looked at nine questions to test your protagonist from Janice Hardy’s book on Revising Your Novel. But as...

In recent years, I’ve started to realize that writing is a much deeper journey than I ever gave it credit for in my rose-colored...

Recently, my beta partner finished edits on the first novel of my series. While thisopened a doorway to an entirely new phase of the...

My good friend recently wrote an amazing blog post about the Writing Blahs – when you don’t want to talk to your imaginary friends. This...

In honor of International Women’s Day, which came this past week on March 8th, I decided to sit down and blog about a subject that’s been...

I am so proud and privileged to be part of an ongoing beta-team with one of my best friends. And thank goodness she’s not incredibly...

Confession: I am an admin nerd. I like to-do lists, checklists, and plans. I like to have clearly-defined goals on a clearly-defined...

Two things don’t mix well: writing and perfectionism. Why? Because writing is one of those art forms where you’re guaranteed not to have...

For as long as I’ve been a part of the online writing community, the one principle that’s been hammered into me by screenshots, blog...

How often do we consider that triumph and failure are more a matter of perspective than absolutes? There are some who believe that the...

There was a movie that came out relatively recent to the writing of this blog post. I won’t name the title, but it was a sequel to a very...

It’s tough to find a writer who doesn’t love at least some angle of their story. Why would we put ourselves through the brainstorming,...