J.M Robison,

This review a beta reader gave me changed my writing life forever: “I am not a major fan of the words "had' and "that" and eliminate them...

I was beta reading for someone, and I asked them, “Is this your first draft? If not, what draft number are you on?” And his reply, “I...

Why should you kill characters? When should you kill characters? How many characters should you kill? WHY: For me, I kill characters when...

I didn't know what genre The War Queen was about. I knew it was a New Adult because my main characters are 29 and 35 and I knew it was a...

POV: Point of View (everything happening as one character sees it. EX: I saw it, she saw it, you saw it) TENSE: past, present, or future...

What we like to read changes every few years. In the 8th century people liked Beowulf. In 1600 people liked Shakespear (written in poetry...

The inspiration for this blog post comes from The Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind. It came about at the part where character X is...

I’m a writer. To put me deeper into my story as I write it, I listen to music that deals with the theme of what I am currently writing....

Bob woke up. It was a beautiful day. His wife had breakfast ready for him. He loved her dearly. He drove to work in his corvette. He...

Description seems to be a topic of debate recently, everything from too much description to having no description at all. THERE IS A...

It's terrifying letting strangers review your work. Fears of, "Will they hate it?" prevail. But these are only growing pains. You have to...

Imperfections are hard on people, whether it be a mental illness you were born with or a recent and permanent disability. They’re hard on...

I hear people say print books are dead. That is not true. There is always a need for print books. THE BLIND: Blind people can’t read...

A horror short story. It splattered on the back of his neck in a coil of shivers sliding down his skin. Drip. Drip. Drip. It slithered...

Since I based The Last Wizard off a real time period and place (Victorian Era England), I wanted to be as accurate as possible in my...

I had dreams of being a backstage dance. For Britney Spears. I expressed this desire and the reply was, “You know the purpose of...

America has created a system that, once you fall from it, you are screwed. Forever. This system will cause you to lose – or never get – a...

I’m a deputy sheriff working in a county jail. My job is to process criminals into the jail who’ve been arrested. I bring their food,...

What is logistics? The detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. What now? The detailed organization and...

Should main characters die? Should they be brought back to life? This closely correlates with my other post To Kill or Not to Kill...