Inspiration is Overrated
On Twitter, I often see writers complain that they didn’t reach their word count of the day, or just didn’t have the inspiration to write that week. This is understandable because we are only...
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5 Tips to Make 2019 Awesome
2019 is going to be an awesome year, I can feel it as if I’ve been hit in the face by a cactus. I’ve been working hard the past year to get where I...
The Benefits of Hiring An Editor
As both a teacher and a writer, I know very well that at some point into your editing you can get a little word blind. Even after two other people went over your manuscript,...
Plotting Your Plot
Whether or not you’re a Plotterhead or a Wing-it Person, at one point, some form of plotting is handy. Especially, if like me, you write mysteries. Most of the time I still surprise myself,...
How I Start a Novel
Every writer has their own process when it comes to tackling a new novel. Imagine sitting in the middle of your room while a story is bubbling to the surface surrounded by an explosion...
5 Things A Writer Needs
Writing can be a dangerous endeavour. Havoc, despair, mayhem and all such things can and will be present during the writing process. Don’t get me started on the characters. It probably doesn’t help that...
Why Characters Need To Be Flawed
If You Got It, Flaw It Perfection does not exist, perhaps that’s why we work so hard to achieve it. It’s only human. It doesn’t mean that we succeed. I know my grammar, yet...
