Writing Consistent Characters: Devilish Details
Characters often come and go as I get distracted by other things. How then do they maintain such consistency in their smallest quirks?
Tag Archives: writing
Why Project Management Might Make You Want to Write a Novel
Effective leadership and writing a story both require sticking to the plot.
Vote for Your Favorite Book Description
Help me decide which blurb text will be the most enticing to book buyers.
Fog and First Readers
This morning, paddling out into a very foggy harbor, I was reminded of the comparison between writing and navigation. In either case, as long as you know where you are and can see what’s just in front of you, you can feel your way, step
Writing: What’s Next?
Finishing a book is terrifying, terribly exciting, and a little bittersweet.
Walking in Other Moccasins
Writing fiction from a different chracter’s perspective usually leads to insights about the story itself.
4 Tips for Weekly Blogging
How to create high quality blog posts week after week, year after year.
Time Capsule: A Letter from 1995
A twenty-two year old letter sparks thoughts about the evolution of freelance writing.
Creative Writing: Leaps of Discipline
Discipline gives us the freedom to be creative.
Book Review: Of Things Gone Astray
A fable on the streets of present-day London, and every character has lost something they value.
