Writing Craft

How can you tell when it’s time to stop editing your work and start sending it out? We’ve all been through that…

  When I first heard the term Chekhov’s Gun used in a writing class, I’ll admit I thought it was a Russian…

Muck And Fuss Restaurant and Bar, New Braunfels, Texas When I began this series on sensory writing, I hadn’t planned to include…

  Two commonly misinterpreted canons of story can make rampantly using flashbacks in your story deceptively seductive: “Backstory is the story” and…

Today I will give you 5 secret ingredients that will inspire teens to shell out their allowance money to buy your super-cool…

  Character, voice, conflict, and some of the setting is a lot to get in upfront, but this is where to hook…

  Whether the manuscript is a historical romance, an urban fantasy, or a contemporary teen novel, I’ve learned to expect certain errors…

Can you increase website traffic if you don’t have the time to create new content? Here’s how to get off the content…

  For those of us who write espionage or crime novels, knowledge of crime is essential. My writing partner, Jay Holmes, is…

  Do you want to create blog content that gets traffic and rankings? Or learn about the best blogging tools and blogging…