Cool Characters Transform

I’m most definitely one of those people that likes to sport one-liner t-shirts. You know the kind—I’ve Misplaced My Mind, That’s My Story an...

Torturing the truth out of the character

I’m always in the market for a new way or an improved way to create characters. I love seeing all these tips this week (and I’m making notes...

Tip Sheets

Up until a few months ago, I really didn’t give character creation much thought. [That sounds bad, I know] but my characters seemed to just ...

Who In The World?!

How do I create characters? Gee, I really don't know. They come to me in different ways. Sometimes it starts with a name, other times a ...

Voices In My Head

One of the most fundamental aspects of crafting a story is who tells it in the first place. Or rather, who the story is about. They say th...

Engage Me Already!

That title’s not a typo. After I posted for Valentine’s Day I realized the second connotation when talking about books. “Engage me already,”...

Writing encouragement

Hemingway said -- Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Of course, things were a little different back then. Communication with other writ...

The Virtue of Patience

It’s not the fall that kills you, they say. It’s the sudden stop. And along those lines, it’s not the rejection that drains the life out of ...