It Happens to the Best of Us

Happy Sunday, Everyone!  I hope you’re enjoying your weekend! This week I’d like to talk about how I almost decided not to include an argument in my current project. Why? Because I thought it would make the characters unlikable. That got me to thinking about two things: The first was that this is taking place …

Five Thing Thursday: September 13th.

Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday Here are Five Things that I want you to know: Thing #1: Notes that my 5:30 Am brain leaves for my “Later-in-the-Day” brain don’t always translate… Thing #2: This is the second week of my push to get the first draft of my current Project done by October …

More than You Believe

Happy Sunday Everyone! I hope you’re enjoying the weekend. This week, I’m going to kick off the post with an announcement: Like I mentioned on the last Five Thing Thursday, I have officially added the band Unleash the Archers to my writing playlist. This is pretty significant. For those of you that don’t know, I’ve …

Writing People who Aren’t You

Happy Sunday, Everyone! This week I’d like to share a few of my tips and techniques for writing characters who aren’t you. Those characters who are outside of your experience. Who have a different skin color, a different religion, a different sexual orientation, or identify differently than you do. Before we get into the nuts …