Writer/Editor/Jack of All Trades

(Originally published March 18, 2019) I went to a party a few weeks ago. It was a surprise party for someone’s birthday, but it was three...

(Originally published January 18, 2019) Gather round, writers both young and old, for I am about to tell a tale that will chill you to...

(Originally posted December 18, 2018) I don’t know if it’s the darker days or the colder weather, but there’s something about winter that...

1. Writing every day is good. I’ve been doing a lot of editing lately, so I felt a bit rusty jumping back into novel writing. Pushing...

(Originally posted Oct 18, 2018) The stars have aligned, Mercury is in retrograde*, and I’m prepping for NaNoWriMo! I say that because...

(Originally posted September 18, 2018) Sometimes it seems like my brain knows more than it lets on. Even when I don’t notice, it’s back...

(Originally posted August 18, 2018) Story: Hey, you! What’s up? Me: Oh, hi, Story. How’ve you been? It’s been a while. Story: Yeah, I...

(Originally published July 18, 2018) And here we see the elusive ‘Writer’ in its natural habitat… Be careful – we don’t want to scare it...

(Originally posted June 18, 2018) Maybe you’re one of those writers who has no problem sitting down and writing a story from start to...

(Originally posted May 18, 2018) On Wednesday at 1pm, I sat down in front of my computer, opened up the latest draft of the novel I’m...

(Originally published February 18, 2018) I did a dumb thing. In the grand scheme of things it’s not that big of a deal, but I’m still...

(Originally published January 18, 2018) Last week Engen announced their next anthology – Dystopia From the Rock. This genre isn’t as...

(Originally published December 18, 2017) For me, the simplest answer is: My Brain. My brain is a very strange little thing, and it comes...

(Originally published November 18, 2017) Over the past 7+ years, I’ve NaNo’d 6 times. Some times I’ve been successful, some times I...

(Originally published October 18, 2017) [Spoiler Alert: not very well] A writer I know recently shared the outline for her last book and...

(Originally published Sept 18, 2017) At one of the panels for Avalon Expo, someone asked “How do you know when to end a story?” I can’t...

(Originally published Aug 18, 2017) I’ve been a bit neglectful. See, I started to panic about the progress of a story I was writing. I...

(Originally published July 18, 2017) I have a very long To-Do List when it comes to writing projects. It’s so long that I’ve had to...

(Originally posted June 18, 2017) Step 1) Think of a topic and start writing. Step 2) Realize half-way through that you don’t like this...

(Originally posted January 18, 2017) Sometimes you’re going to write something and right from the start it’s going to be amazing! Other...