There are definitely stupid questions. "Where are my sunglasses?" when I'm wearing them is a stupid question. However, when it comes to writing there are fewer "stupid questions" than we'd think.Read More

More than once I have seen authors talking about what their timeframe for writing their novel should be, and some people have struggled with not quite understanding how long the writing, editing, and publishing process can take. I think NaNoWriMo has something to do with this. I have a close friend, Randall ‘jay’ Andrews, who runs...Read More

As I’ve been scrolling through posts in the many writing groups I frequent I’ve been seeing a LOT of purple prose. Purple prose is the enemy of pacing, and it must be eradicated from your writing habits if you are going to become a better writer than you are now. Purple prose is also known...Read More

I have been seeing a lot of misconceptions about contracts in the writing community lately, and I thought I might take a stab at pulling back the veil. One of the things I keep seeing is writers upset that contracts favor the publishing company and not the author. While the publishing company shouldn’t be predatory,...Read More

I’ve answered this question a dozen times over the last few months. Frequently enough that I felt it warranted a blog post, anyway. I keep seeing folks who ask the question of whether or not they should have a separate pen name for every genre they write in, and every time I see it, it...Read More

While I am a relative newcomer to NaNoWriMo, this being my second year, I don’t have a long-running history to be able to share about this project. However, I did win it last year (cue the confetti), and I learned a lot while doing it. If you don’t know what NaNoWriMo is, it stands for...Read More

I apologize again for missing my mark last week – I’ve recently started a new job and I was travelling still. I’m home and so my blog should be back to your regularly scheduled insanity. Editing is a strange and intimidating thing for most authors – even if you’ve worked with peers and had friends...Read More