As a designer, writer, blogger, author, and content creator, I’ve been blessed to live a life that’s included lots of personal creativity and innovation. I sometimes marvel at all the projects I’ve been involved in the past few years, and I’ve got more in store right now. One thing I can share with you is […]
Bringing Self-Publishing Advice to Publishers Weekly
Back in the 1990s Jill and I operated our own small press publishing company and, at that time, there weren’t millions of authors self-publishing their books, there weren’t services where you could buy editing, book design, production, or any of the essential services that are readily available to us today. That’s because books were almost […]
Mastering the Art of the Scene
How you move through scenes and chapters is part of the art of writing. It dictates the flow, or pace, of your work. Have you mastered the art of the scene?
A Little Lesson in Dialogue
Every writer needs to master the art of dialogue. If a writer gets it wrong, they risk losing their reader right from the start.
Four Truths and Four Myths That Every New Novelist Should Know
Here are four truths and four myths about publishing a novel that will help you on your journey to becoming a novelist enjoyable and rewarding.
How to Get the Story Out of Your Head and Onto the Page – a Lesson on Shaking Off the Burden of Knowledge
Are you getting the story out of your head and onto the page in your opening chapter? Here’s how to recognize and shake off the burden of knowledge.
The Keyboards of Our Lives
I’ve been thinking about keyboards lately, you’ll see why in a minute. The keyboard is a pretty amazing thing. Invented in the late 19th century along with the mechanism to imprint “type-writing” onto paper, keyboards first appeared as the operational end of the typewriter. Up until that time, all writing by all writers, authors, novelists, […]
How to Start Your Book in the Right Place (and Save Your Reader from Boredom, Frustration and Despair)
In order to write a great first chapter for a book, you have to start in the right place. There are two main ways writers tend to get this wrong.
Are You Writing the Right Chord?
Do you write the right chord or fill your paragraphs with words that don’t move the story or premise forward because you feel you’ve got to fill up space?
Yank Your Reader Into Your Story With a Great Opening Line
It pays to write a great opening line that hooks your reader and yanks them into your story. A great first line serves as a promise and an invitation we can’t refuse.
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