Our WWW Conference is coming up soon. I’m going to enjoy the (virtual) conference and am looking forward to chatting with my fellow Women Writing the West! This year I’m […]
On Writing
Posts about the craft of writing
Staying Inspired
How does a writer keep their muse healthy? One of the things I like to do as I write is listen to music. I turn it on low and let […]
Top 10 Writing Obstacles Every Writer Faces
What are some of the obstacles writers – especially new ones – face? Here are the Top 10 in my opinion. Self-Confidence: The Number 1 obstacle, I believe, is yourself. […]
A Day in the Life: A Writer’s Routine
People always ask writers “What’s your writing routine like?” Especially if they are budding authors themselves. With this in mind, I will remind you that everyone has their own style […]
Historical Research for the Author
As a writer of historical fiction, I’m always researching. It’s not just the big picture, either. Sure, I need to know the basics of life in the late 1800s, but […]
The Writer’s Process
I try to write every day. How do I accomplish this, you may ask? I get up about an hour early every morning so I can do my social media […]
Historical Fiction 101
The technical definition of historical fiction is “a literary genre in which the plot takes place in a setting located in the past.” That’s pretty vague, but then again, the […]
What I Would Like to Write: Mystery
I saw a list of interview questions for authors the other day and one of the questions was “What genre do you secretly wish you could write and why don’t […]
Writing Secondary Characters
Elizabeth Boyle’s webinar on Secondary Characters was quite informative. Here are some of her points. First, what do you need secondary characters for? Lesson or Role? Your secondary character will […]
Query Letter Elements
So what exactly should be in your query letter? In Angie Hodapp’s Query Letter Boot Camp, we talked about the three (or four) parts of a query letter: (Polite) Greeting: […]