March 11, 2022 Deadline Here’s my self imposed deadline. The edit job on my first novel must be finished by September one. Current word count, 78,000. I need… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
October 18, 2019 Planning Your NaNoWriMo Novel Step 2: The 21 Point Sheet Continuing on from where we’ve been working all month, the First phase of the book planning process is the Logline, and then Save The… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
July 15, 2019 What to Eat When You’re Writing Remember what you snacked on when you read “Fellowship of the Ring” for the 100th time? You probably had fruit, or chips and salsa…. Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
June 27, 2019 Unexpected Ways to Get Ideas for Novels One of the questions best selling novelists get the most from readers and potential authors alike is “Where do you get your ideas?” It… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
June 16, 2019 SmartEdit Writer – first impressions I’m 100% sold on Scrivener. I hesitated for the longest time, still holding onto YWriter because I didn’t want to spend $40. Once I… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
January 16, 2018 Pant’sing Vs. Planning Most writers are pant’sers. most Pant’sers struggle with writer’s block. Most pant’sers have trouble finishing their books. Jerry Jenkins thinks most writers are planners… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
January 15, 2018 Spark Sheets One thing I’ve mentioned on my Twitter account is literally the single biggest change in my writing in the last year. I’ve come to… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
January 14, 2018 It’s what you don’t say… Dialogue is hard for a lot of people. Something I was told back when I went to college was that dialogue was my strong… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
January 13, 2018 An unlikeable character One of the pitfalls of seat of the pants writing is that you toil on a book, you do a little planning, you create… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
January 4, 2018 Spark Sheet Print this out, make copies and keep in your writer’s notebook. The story spark is the creation of Karen Wiesner, but I’ve adapted the… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn