Personal Post | My Dogs and Their Stories
I haven’t had my dogs for long, but my love for them is greater than any love I’ve experienced before. Here is the story of how we all found each other.
2010, 2019
0311, 2019
Personal Post | Traveling With My Dogs
Dogs enrich our lives, but they also open us up to new horrors. I want to share one of my horrors when I traveled with my dogs for the first time.
1405, 2018
Personal Post | I’m a Binge-Eater
When I started this blog, I started it with the goal of running a “talk-shop” blog. I was going to talk about books, writing, writers, and publishing, all as I pursued my dreams of becoming an author. I wanted to meet other writers, make connections, make life-long friends that I could Skype with over hot coffee and talk about our
2208, 2016
Writing Post | I’ve Been Rejected
Hello friends, newcomers, etc. It’s been a long time since I’ve written a blog post. Rather, it’s been a long time since I felt I had something worth blogging about. Recently, I’ve had a spurt of poetry submissions flying from my desk. As I’ve said time and time again, I never thought of myself as a poet. Yet, that particular
0906, 2019
Writing Post | How a Change of Scenery Can Help Your Writing
Settings and scenery are important. Let’s talk about how changing your scenery can help your characters, descriptions, and writing in general.
0307, 2017
Writing Post | The Big Question: “Why?”
Hello! Once again, I’m back with another repost/rewrite/thing. When I wrote this original post, I made it a point to say I was writing for others. I was writing for this selfless reason that made me look like such a giving, thoughtful artist. Yeah, that definitely wasn’t the case then, and it definitely isn’t the case now. I have, and
1711, 2018
What “Terrace House” taught me about writing
What did a Japanese reality show teach me about writing?
1011, 2018
How to be a bad writer, then how to get better
What is a bad writer? Not someone who isn’t sure where to put a comma, not someone who isn’t sure what the difference is between effect and affect, and not someone who writes in run-on sentences. No, none of these things mean that someone is a bad writer. No, no, in fact, it is something much simpler than that. You
0207, 2018
6 tips and tricks to developing strong fictional characters
I think you’d be hard-pressed to argue against the idea that characters can make or break a story. In most cases, if not all, they are our guide through a story. More importantly, sometimes the story is their story. Regardless, your characters need to be compelling, or at the very least real in some manner. Now, when I say real,
2506, 2018
Want to traditionally publish a fiction novel? Here are 10 things you need to know.
Here is a list of things every writer should consider/do/attempt when going for traditional publication: The book needs to be finished before you start thinking about publication. With memoirs and some non-fiction, you don’t necessarily have to have the book completed before you start querying. This is not the case at all with fiction. You have to have a finished,