#writing

When Writing Goes Wrong—10 Things That Get Writers Down

There are so many things about the writing process that I love. It doesn't feel like work when you enjoy doing it. However, there are...

On the Edge of 2018, Looking at the Upside

Say it is isn't so. Is it almost the new year? You blink and time passes. I am taking a deep breath and am about to do that thing that...

A Short Story About an Eager Writer

A very short story. Once there was a very eager writer. She got up very early in the morning to write. It was so early that even the sun...

Distractions and Other Excuses

Forgive me writing gods, for I have been distracted. I haven't written a word on my new novel in nineteen days. I haven't researched new...

Tell it Loud, Tell it Proud – Author's Day, 2018

Two years ago I began writing my first novel. It was a spontaneous activity: more or less based on a sudden whim. I had left my previous...

Secrets That Are Not Meant to be Shared

I have a secret that I am not sharing. It isn't something bad, traumatic or illegal. It is a happy secret, a good thing, a ray of...

How Personal Should I Get?

With two completed novels currently looking for publishers, I have turned my hand to writing something new and 'completely different'. ...

Unlocking Stuck Thoughts by Engaging with Your Senses

It's not uncommon that one has a creative thought / idea / solution to a problem that flickers like a candle in the dark. You can feel...

An Update From the Land of Rejection

A brief recap. I finished my third novel about three months ago. Instead of self-publishing: arranging marketing, blog tours and posting...

10 Quick Storytelling Tips

You have been asked to share from your vast experience and knowledge and would like to make the reader experience as engaging and as...

Change Matters