One of the biggest problems facing new writers is description. How much should you do and how do you do it? You may think you need to describe everything in […]
On Writing
Posts about the craft of writing
Point of View for Dummies
One of the easy ways to slip up we see in our critique group is the point of view. Staying in the same POV is often difficult, especially for novice […]
10,000 Hours of Practice
You may have heard the theory that, in order to become really good at any skill, you need to invest 10,000 hours in it. This holds true for writing as […]
Point of View Revisited
I had a question about POV (point of view) at my recent talk, so I thought I’d revisit the subject today. There are three basic points of view: first person, […]
How to Write a Mystery Story
Here are some of the highlights of the upcoming talk at the local retirement community: Plan the crime & solution first: even if you’re a panser, you need some sort […]
Upcoming Events
Hard to believe another year’s almost gone! I’ll be spending Christmas Day at my sister’s with her and her son and her dog. Then, there will be a big rush […]
NaNoWriMo 2022
Once again, I’m doing National Novel Writing Month – 50,000 Words in 30 Days! I’m entering this year as a NaNo-Rebel, writing anything BUT a novel. I have several anthologies […]
Home from the Writing Conference
Just got back from a weekend at Litchfield Beach. No, not that sort of weekend–this was the SC Writer’s Association’s annual writing conference. Friday through Sunday with a great line-up […]
What I’m Working On: Mail Order Brides?
So as a side hustle, I come up with plots for ghost writers for a romance publisher. We started out with Victorian plots, but lately Mail Order Bride stories have […]
Organizing Your Writing Life
I use two –ok three–pieces of software to keep my writing life organized. OK, I will admit that one of the three is Microsoft Word. I think nearly every writer […]