Dare to Fail: Plotting the next Novel

Outlining the next project may help me get to The End, or it may be a complete failure. Only one way to find out. Read More …

2017 Holiday Book List

9 reading recommendations for 2018, mostly fiction Read More …

Characters often come and go as I get distracted by other things. How then do they maintain such consistency in their smallest quirks? Read More …

Half-awake is when I have my best ideas. Read More …

Blogging isn’t “cool” anymore, but it’s still worthwhile, at least for me. Read More …

Claire McMillan’s second novel delves into family secrets not talked about for so long, they’ve become unknown. Read More …

Finishing a book is terrifying, terribly exciting, and a little bittersweet. Read More …

Writing fiction from a different chracter’s perspective usually leads to insights about the story itself. Read More …

Even after a story seems locked in, I sometimes have to re-ignite my big picture imagination. Read More …