I recently attended the 2022 World Fantasy Convention in New Orleans. On the last day of the convention, after listening
Category: Writing Lessons
Like any good writer and editor, I am constantly trying to improve my knowledge and understand of story craft. Right
It’s really cold in my office lately, so I decided to crochet the yarn a friend gave me for Christmas
One of the favorite writing terms that I picked up over the past year is “curiosity seeds.” Curiosity seeds are
As a fantasy novelist and editor, I have spent a lot of time reading books and writing sites to learn
At my writers’ group last night, we reviewed two pieces that suffered from variations of the same flaw: trying to
I recently recovered a cache of old blog posts, from the early days of this blog (before the archive got
No matter where you are in the writing process, a developmental editor is a solid investment that will help your book find success.
There’s an old joke among writers about where we get our ideas: an idea of the month club, of
Dropping “suddenly” at the beginning of a sentence is a shorthand way of creating tension due to an unexpected change