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I Am Mayhem Excerpt [Video]
With so many venues going virtual these days, online book signings are becoming more and more popular. So, to celebrate the release of I AM MAYHEM (yay!) I created a video excerpt for…
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Thank YOU! And A Sneak Peek of MARRED
Because I’m a bit of a nonconformist I’m not going to write a Thanksgiving post. There are plenty out there for you to enjoy. I will say, however, that I am thankful for…
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I've Converted! Outlining vs. Pantsing in Fiction Writing
As some of you know I’ve been working on a new book. I am very excited about this project because I think it’s one of the best stories I’ve ever written. I’ll give…
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My Writing Process blog tour
This is the last blog tour on my schedule. This tour hit the authors on Prose & Cons. A few of them, anyway. First up was Helen Hanson. Helen works in the high-tech…
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What's In The Trunk?! A group story with Prose & Cons
The Prose & Cons blog address says it best: a unique and portable magic. Books. They can make us stay up late at night, miss our train stop, forget our problems, or teach…
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Descriptions in fiction writing
Many writers struggle with descriptions. How much detail do you give? How important is it that I describe this object/place? How do you go about describing an everyday object so you don’t bore…
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Test Your Story’s Opening Line– Fiction Writing
I’m taking a masters class through Writers Village and I thought I’d share with you the “secret formula” to your opening lines. It’s called the Hologram test. What is the Hologram test? It’s…
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Real Life Serial Killers– What makes them tick?
The serial killer has become wildly popular in crime fiction. Maybe they are so fascinating to us, as readers, because they are complicated creatures. They are deliciously bad. We, as writers, are told…
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Please don't base your success or failure by what you read on the internet
I don’t normally bash other people’s posts. If you own a blog you have the right to say anything you want. Right? Well, in this case no. And I’ll tell you why. I…
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A writer's busy life.
Writers have very busy lives. I had no idea how busy until I decided to write full-time. 1. You need to constantly work on your WIP (work in progress, for non-writers). 2. Create…
