I don't think I'm a hypocrite and neither is anyone else who doesn't like to read one genre but likes to write in it. I don't like to read s

If you are writing even slightly outside your personal knowledge base, then there is nothing more important than research. But be careful! I

Binge watching is fine, honestly. I do it often. When I first started Stranger Things (about a month ago, I'd never seen it and everyone sai

The Prince of Midwest (releasing in March) was the first time I stepped outside my fantasy genre. I didn't get far, as you will see, as ther

Twitch is a place gamers like to stream. There are other places like facebook (which is weird to stream to I think, unless it's not gaming)

This summer has been short. It has felt long at times and short in other respects. June felt very long. I was writing like a witch under a h

There was this horrible article floating around a while ago about how people not of a certain race (read: white people) cannot write about p

I started today like I always do: a mile and a half run. It was good! I made a new milestone in how fast/long I ran (nothing huge, but perso

I have several dilemmas haunting me and and my writing right now. I have been a writing a lot this summer, which is good, and I am kinda stu

a few "writing mommies" out there who I think need to acknowledge their amazing support system because they don't.

My point is, talk your ideas over with fellow writer friends or even a willing normal friend or family member. If you are so lucky as to hav

I wrote a whole blog telling the story of the offended guy and just deleted it. The point is, people will come at you swinging and you have

June and July have been madness! June was slow though. July has sped by so fast, that when I saw it was the 18th yesterday at my day job, I

So, I know a lot of people say music helps them write, but for me it often doesn't. I don't like noise because then it drowns out the sound

I love it because some of the most inspiring nature I have ever seen. I haunt pictures of Scotland for the same reason. And I want to go to

There is nothing wrong with you take notes, outline, or write. There is nothing wrong with your process so long as you have one and it works

I don't like learning new things often because of my absolutely slow comprehension skills. Being called stupid is a trigger.

Ferrets are great pets for people who want a challenge. I've raised a little bit of everything and ferrets are by far my favorite.

Rejection is not failure. You might just not be someone's flavor. There are over 1,000 flavors of ice cream in the world. Baskin-Robbins alo

This is the park in my novel "Revary". It has two lakes and one was a quarry ("Revary" again!) so the water is crystal clear. Still green an