How to Start your Writer’s Platform in 2019 Part 2

A writer’s guide to Twitter Twitter is easy to get started in, easy to learn, and easy to make mistakes. Fortunately, you’ll get better…

How NOT to Teach Fiction Writing

The craft of writing fiction is not often taught – and when taught poorly can frustrate writers. I tried a class when I was…

The Secret to Filling Out A Scene

Sorry, just don’t have the time to come up with one of those clever headlines about “65 ways to clean cat whiskers that will…

The Little Known Key To a High Word Count

A lot of inspiring authors start NaNoWriMo every year, hopeful that this will be the year they finally win NaNo. They try the first…

The One Surprising Flaw that Keeps Writers from Getting Published

Okay. Well. So… This is an article about… See those words? It’s called procrastinating. Probably 90% of the videos on YouTube in one particular…

The Inner Secrets of My Novels

Continuing my chatty talk about my novels and their inspirations. Sometimes when you write a novel, you plan it – and three sentences into…

When You Don’t Have Enough Words

Last of my introspection days, then we’ll be back to “12 easy hacks for unpeeling an orange”. Sometimes editing requires ADDING words. I have…

7 Mind Shattering Reasons My Easygoing Blogging Manner gets Zero Hits

If you study blogging, which I did once upon a time, I hit upon a lot of people who tell you exactly how to…