It happened quite by accident. I’m not the genius Angela Hunt, award winning author and speaker, proclaimed me to be, two years ago at a writer’s conference. Okay, so maybe I can figure out how to un-jam the paper towel dispenser when... Read More
Ever just want to grab your protagonist by the shoulders and scream, "Who are you?" It happened recently, one of those fabulously brutal critiques in which a friend labeled the darling of my story a cardboard cutout. The advice from my writing... Read More
Invite the characters of your present work into a room and ask them who the most important person in your novel is. Go ahead, I’ll wait. If all their hands shot up at once, if some bounced off their seats, if you heard someone shout... Read More