Which Writer Are You?

Why Plan your Novel? It seems I’m forever arguing this point, but bear with me please. Why do we plan our novel? So that…

What if you’re not Good Enough?

What if you’re not good enough? I often hear from people, “Well, I’m not that good.” I instantly translate that in my head into…

Most writers make this tragic mistake

When I first started writing, I would get excited about the concept of what I was going to write. Full of enthusiasm, I would…

Thoughts on NaNoWriMo

It wasn’t as prevalent this year as the previous year. Last year wasn’t even as prevalent as 2018. But writers are still being inundated…

July Update

Okay, I’ve done the impossible. I’ve edited down a 210,000 word epic first novel to a manageable 94,000 words. Still some major problems –…

Faith Based Fiction and the Question of Violence

I have never kept it a secret that I’m a faith based writer. I write stories that thrill me as a fiction reader –…

The Importance of Tracking Your Editing Process

What gets scheduled gets done. That was a truth I read in Michael Hyatt’s book “your best year ever.” I’ll say the year I…

How to Know if Your Scene is Right?

One of the most confusing writing tips I’d heard in the beginning was this: “Does the scene move the plot forward?” I had no…