Photo by bongkarn thanyakij on Pexels.com Right now, especially if you're a young writer, writing might seem like a hobby you do from time to time but wouldn't dream of making a super high priority in your life. And yet, you want to write. You want to be published. You want to walk into Barnes & Noble and see the shiny… Continue reading Treat Writing Seriously

    Writing was something I started doing completely on my own. Unlike piano, where I had a music teacher and the guidance that followed from my lessons, I was very on my own as a writer. Granted, I did start out writing with a few friends, but we were really young, and I was… Continue reading Three Things I Wish I Had Known When I Started Writing

Writers often have to face enormous goals and achievements. The problem comes when one arrives at the foot of the mountain and attempts to reach the top in a single bound. Write a book. Publish the book. Build a platform. It's so paralyzing to stare up at the top of that mountain hidden by snow… Continue reading Baby Steps Towards Big Goals

  When I was younger, I painted and wrote encouraging writing quotes on slips of paper and taped them to my desk. When I moved desks, I took the writings quotes with me and taped them to my new desk. They're still there now, hanging in plain sight should I ever need a bit of… Continue reading Six of my Favorite Writing Quotes

    There are so many tips out there for overcoming writer's block, which shows what big of an issue writer's block really is. There's nothing more frustrating than that feeling you get as you sit down in front of that blank screen or sheet of paper ready to create an explosion of colors and magic… Continue reading 4 Ways I’ve Overcome Writer’s Block

Over the past few years, I've completed four 50K+ word novels, and I have two more on the way. When I was younger, I was a complete pantster. I sat down and write whatever came into my head, and while I had an idea of how the story would start, what might happen in the… Continue reading My Novel-Writing Process