Chasing Plot Bunnies
For writers, ideas are prevalent when we open our minds to them. Every time we come into contact with another human being, watch a TV…
Who Cares About Writers?
A few weeks ago my mom stayed for an impromptu dinner at my house. Even though we live fairly close to each other, it’s difficult…
Find Value in Your “Mistakes”
There are two types of writers–the ones who hate their work immediately, and the ones who hate their work eventually. Either way, it’s inevitable that…
Being Green: What It Means to Be a New Writer
I have something embarrassing to admit. Before I wrote my first novel, I thought you had to be a chosen one. Seriously. I thought it…
What Kind of Writer Are You?
I’m in a place in my writing career where I’m spending a lot of time trying to understand exactly who I am as a writer.…
Give the Pen to a Busy Person
I’ll tell you a little bit about what’s going in my life right now. First and foremost, I am about a month and a half…
My Romance With Writing
Since as long as I can remember, I’ve had an overactive imagination. My husband would call it obsessive worrying. The TV show Parenthood so eloquently…
1,000 Ideas in an Hour
My first order of business once I decided to focus on character building this year was to go online and shop for a character-building book.…
Setting a Yearly Writing Craft Goal
A few weeks ago, Shonna Slayton of Routines for Writers posted a blog to review her yearly writing goals for 2011. Happily, she met a…
NaNoWriMo ’11 – Complete!
I won! For the fourth year in a row, I reached 50,000 words in the month of November and became an official National Novel Writing…