I’ve just written a scene I’ve been avoiding for a while. I wasn’t consciously avoiding it, but after falling out of writing for a few years, it gave me some perspective on my current work in progress and I realized that the outline was missing a key scene— without it Read more…
I think every author has their go-to archetypes, and mine happens to be the outsider. Most of my characters are misfits, oddballs, or just displaced from the rest of society for one reason or another. That’s true of my most recently published book, Marked, which has Dana, who’s socially isolated Read more…
One of the most important things you can have as a writer is a measure of humility about your craft. No matter how many years you’ve been doing this, there’s always some area to improve, something to learn. This is not to say you shouldn’t be confident about what you Read more…
I started out as a seat of the pants writer. My first books started out with me writing on page one, and just chugging along until I was done. It worked for me as far as it went, though I notice now in retrospect how much revision was involved. The Read more…
That’s the good news. I’m several chapters into book two and I’m enjoying myself. That said, I don’t have a home for it yet. It’s not usual for me to get committed to a project like this before I know where it’s going to sell. But I like my main Read more…