Freedom and Framework: Story Planning for Pantsers

New for 2018! Flying by the seat of your pants to write the first draft for your book feels so freeing. It’s a time to play, to experiment, to try out new ideas. What fun! But diving into a project as big as a novel without any plan at all often means a lot of extra work after the draft

Prep for NaNoWriMo the Bare Bones Way

New workshop for 2015! Are you a plotter? A panster? A little of both? Have no idea yet? No matter what your writing style, the bare bones method of prepping for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) in November or Camp NaNoWriMo in July can help you do just enough prep work for your novel-writing adventure that you enter the challenge

Book Review: Make Comics Like the Pros

If you’ve ever aspired to write comics or a graphic novel, or even if you’re just curious about how the magic happens, this is a must-have book! Make Comics Like the Pros by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente guides you step-by-step through the creation process from story idea right through the submission and publication process. Written in an easy

My Writing Process Blog Hop

I was recently asked by author Carol Malone to join in the writing process blog hop and couldn’t be more excited and honored to participate. I love reading how other authors “make the magic happen.” It’s always fascinating to me how a blank page becomes a book, and reading each author’s post is inspiring. You never know what may speak

NaNoWriMo 2013 Aftermath

Whew! November is over and NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is finally finished. Did you participate? How did you do? Did you make it to 50,000 words? As my NaNo progress badge in the right column shows, I didn’t reach the that coveted finish line, but in my mind I still succeeded. Why? Because I now have 19,000 more words