Rewrites have a negative connotation in the writing world, and when listening to some writers talk about them, you’d suspect they were on pa

Comparatively speaking, writing a novel is the fun, easy, first step of the self-publishing process. The second step, creating an attention-

Should you include a prologue in your novel? I have known writer friends who have debated this for years. Some love them, some hate them, bu

While writing my first novel, I attended a lot of classes and read tons of how-to books. “Show, Don’t Tell” was a mantra I heard from most w

Some beginnings come easy; others, well, they bite, claw, and resist like no tomorrow, leaving behind frazzled writers.

Have you ever thought to yourself that your characters are in charge, and not you?

Characters. There’s no force more central to any story you tell. Be it a run-and-gun thriller or a dramatic love dodecahedron, a tale focus

I am asked quite often the best ways to market a book. The most frequent questions I get revolve around making it as cheap as possible yet c

Simply stated, the theme of a story is a universal truth about the human condition that your story illustrates. Your theme may be as general

This is part of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group blog-hop, designed to help encourage authors and foster discussions about writing topics

By and large, the biggest problem I run into with struggling authors is the challenge they have around marketing themselves.

Every reader loves a good villain, and most writers love them too. If you rack your brain about some of the most memorable characters in..

Have you read a story where the character knew everything that was going on and merely went through a checklist to solve the problem?

When you are describing something, it looks a certain way. Yes indeedy. We get that. We got it three paragraphs ago. We got the visual...

A few weeks ago, I came across a review on Goodreads mentioning Laurie Colwin and how, in that reader’s opinion, she was one of the few ...

As with any other profession, you will face many opinions from different people when it comes to writing, who may, most of the time, have...

Writing a query letter is an art, they say. What they really mean is that it’s really gosh-darn hard.

As with any other profession, you will face many opinions from different people when it comes to writing, who may, most of the time, have...

As soon as you sit down to market your work, you need to know what it is that you’ve written. You may have some idea from comparing your...

Writers are courageous. However what makes writers courageous?