April 12, 2019 Developing an idea If you’ve been following my blog or my twitter feed, you’ll have picked up on my seemingly lengthy process for planning a novel. I… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
April 11, 2019 The anatomy of subtext I keep reading other writers say, “Don’t use on the nose dialog.” I’ve taken seminars on “The psychology of subtext”, and essentially the seminars… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
April 9, 2019 Does this scene NEED to be in this novel? One of the phrases I heard a lot when I was in that strange phase between writing my fourth novel and learning how to… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
April 8, 2019 Why Most Writers Get Rejected By Publishers Still going through my impressions from the writer’s convention! I want to make sure my fellow authors know I am not criticizing them –… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
April 7, 2019 Surprising Reasons You Need a Literary Agent Fact from the writer’s convention – 100% of the people I have talked to either did not have a literary agent, or had tried… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
April 5, 2019 The Secret Behind Writing Fiction I’ve been digesting all the lessons learned from the writer’s convention. I encourage all of you to attend one, whether you have any manuscripts… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
April 4, 2019 Lessons Learned From a Writer’s Convention I attended my first writer’s convention the other day. No, I’m not kidding! It’s actually funny – I’ve been too busy writing to get… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
April 2, 2019 The Antagonist Today we live in a post-modern world, where people have somehow deduced – against all the rules of logic – that right and wrong… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
March 10, 2019 Best Video Editor 2019 Why am I, a novelist, interested in video editing? Well, if you’re a smart novelist, you’ve caught on to the fact that learning to… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
March 7, 2019 Writer’s Conventions Some thoughts… What does a writer’s convention need? Well, speakers. You should have a publisher or someone from a publisher to speak. Now, I… Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)