The Writer's Workout

Creating a new character can be one of the best parts of the writing process. You get to build a whole new person (or animal or inanimate...

For many writers, I believe that the desire to put pen to paper begins with a love of stories. At least, this is true for myself. While I...

Hello fellow writers! Before we continue, let's get the disclaimer out of the way. Disclaimer: This post does not have any technical...

I’ll spare you a hackneyed discussion of the old books-and-their-covers adage, and instead ask you to visualize something: First think...

The first novel I wrote is women’s fiction. It’s based on the coming of age stories of me and my friends. It took me three years to write...

I have never been a long-form writer. I write essays, short stories, blogs, articles, and the occasional poem when I am feeling really...

I did not "make it" to 50,000 words with my work, Mecha-Kittens, this year - I was struggling to reach a fifteenth of that! - but this is...

This might get a little boring for those who are non-writers, but I hope you bear with me. I am going to start from almost the beginning...