Several years ago, I was lucky enough to attend a young adult (the genre) writing conference. It was one of the most interesting and...
I got my first diary when I was six. I think my mom gave it to me. It had a princess cover, and it was very little, the size of my adult...
As a young child, I had Houdini-like determination to escape, the soft footsteps of a fun-sized kid, and insomnia. It was this perfect...
Dialogue is one of the most important parts of a story. As human beings, we spend most of our time talking and hearing other people talk....
When I first started writing, my young mind decided that writing prompts were a tool that limited your abilities as a writer. Clearly, if...
Last month, I blogged about why I think social media is bad for our writing, and it had several positive responses. Social media is a...
Pacing: discussed more often than understood.
When it comes to pacing a novel, the first thing most of us think of is overall pacing....
Hello, my dearest reader. I hope you're doing well. I'm writing this from my bed –as I do almost everything from my bed, ps: don't...
If you’re new to fiction, writing dialogue can be a bit daunting at first. And while some people may have a natural ear for...
If you’re anything like me, you dove head first into a reading goal without a single thought beyond, “That sounds like a good...
Last December, I started rewriting a halfway-abandoned story. But when I reread it, I realized that something was off. I ended up...
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