Miss me?
After a bit of a hiatus I am back! I had to get some mental health issues under control — thank you …
Tip Tuesday — Screw the Trends
Wow, there sure are a lot of cute pig books books. I should totally write a cute pig book. It’s sure to sell. I …
Tip Tuesday — Move that Body!
When telling a story, odds are your characters are going to move. Walk around, get in and out of cars, maybe even …
Tip Tuesday — To Outline or Not To Outline
One of the ongoing debates in writing is whether or not you should outline. The answer? Sure if you want to, but …
Tip Tuesday — The Name Game
Ah, writers. We do get attached to our characters’ names, don’t we? So much so that sometimes we want to use them …
Tip Tuesday — Exclamation!!!!!!! Points!!!!!!!
Whoooohooooo!!!!!! Exclamation marks ROCK!!!!!! They make everything super exciting!!!!!! And important!!!!!!! Right?!?!?!? Unless you over use them. Then your character/narrator just sound …
Tip Tuesday — Sentence variation
“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what …
Tip Tuesday — Say What You Mean
Ah word usage. It is ever changing. Like, LITERALLY. But this is something that you can’t rush. So when writing, you want …
Tip Tuesday — Bug Words
Ahh bug words. Every writer has them. Every editor cringes at them. But when it comes to polishing your own writing, they’re the …
Ch-ch-changes!
I’ve been really, really quiet on the blog and social media for AGES and there’s been a good reason. I’ve been doing …