This was my first story to be accepted, and there has been much anticipation awaiting it's final release date. The people who have helped...

*May Contain Spoilers* I am very excited to announce this weekend the publication of my first short story. While it was the second story...

Let me begin by saying I do not have an agent, so I have not found the right agent yet, but I wanted to share my perspectives to date on...

This ties into my experiences with the community of editors while searching for support to edit my novel, together with the critiques...

Many of us writers are sending out pieces of work, short or long, for submission for publication. I am sure many writers can relate to...

Since my short story this week is so... short. There are not really excerpts I can share. My inspiration came from the most recent...

Last week we had a short story club - the selection was the magnificent C.L. Clark's short which has been nominated for awards recently....

Timing. Lining that up is a big plot point right? Where plot holes can occur. What techniques do you use to line it up? I will share some...

The chemistry was so fluid between him and her sister, why was it taking him so long to ask her out on a date? Was there something...

This week pitching season on Twitter began, and I was horrified. Let me back up. A few weeks ago we had a panel on LGBTQ representation,...

I have noticed that I have a tendency to make decisions with my writing that boxes me into corners in very unpredictable ways. On the one...

How it started: picture of the Road Runner How it's going: Picture of a sloth. I finished my first draft in May roaring to start...

Critiques should not be scary. I want to start by dispelling that myth. Putting your work out there and being told it is not good enough...

This is a topic I have posted a variety of ways on Twitter, but after working on my query letter I thought it would be a good idea to...

This week, we had a workshop to discuss some of the use of omniscient narration by some of us in the writing group, and we looked at a...

It's October! I expect a lot of spooky writing themes to be coming up. I am looking forward to creating a full section on this site for...

This, again, follows some things I have tweeted about. Writers everywhere debate about which POV to use. In my fraught discussions with...

I thought it might be fun to write a post discussing the development progress of the new project I started last week. It is fitting in...

Because I have a few books in progress, both on the reading and writing side, and that tends to make me feel overwhelmed and shut down...

I started one of my slated projects this week and I think it's so crazy and unique that I will be talking excitedly about it, and I am...