Today I'm sharing my post at mainewords - According to Les Edgerton, author of Hooked, "All stories are about one thing: troubl...

This week I'm sharing some bits with you from one of my favorite writing books: Sin and Syntax by Constance Hale. Today I'm go...

This week I'm sharing some bits with you from one of my favorite writing books: Sin and Syntax by Constance Hale. Today I'...

This week I'm sharing some bits with you from one of my favorite writing books: Sin and Syntax by Constance Hale. Today I'm go...

This week I'm sharing some bits with you from one of my favorite writing books: Sin and Syntax by Constance Hale. Today I'm g...

This week I'm going to share some bits with you from one of my favorite writing books: Sin and Syntax by Constance Hale. The boo...

Monday I mentioned the site Writer Unboxed , which I find extremely helpful, funny, inspiring, and probably one of my most favorite site...

Finally, there’s these, which will really make you (and me!) think: What isn’t being seen? What’s the most import...

 As promised, I’ve got more questions to make you think about what you’re writing. This is all stuff I found elsewhere, either in ...

Okay, maybe not completely, ie, we’re still going to be talking about writing this week, but I want to try something to see if i...

So the big thing that stood out from today's critique for me was the use of back-story in the opening scene of the manuscript. As the ...

So I was just up in "The County" of Maine for about a week. For those of you that don't know this is Aroostook County. Land ...

  Here's what another of my favorites has to say about characters: "Begin with a character who wants something, and you'...

I was reading my Writer's Digest Magazine last night, and once again came across a superb article about why some novels become succes...

I'm afraid no one sent me a first page. Which means I have to post something useful. Well, how about this: I'll tell you how I plo...

How unfair is it that one of the most important skills a writer can have is also one of the most vague? VOICE. It seems like almost eve...

"From two-thousand feet, where Claudette Saunders was taking a flying lesson, the town of Chester's Mill gleamed in the morning li...