The love of your life has been murdered before your eyes by a masked stranger. He broke into your home in the middle of the night, tied you up, and before you knew it he took away your whole world. You’re lying on the floor in a pool of blood,…
The genre of science fiction was built for those of us who have looked to the stars and dreamed of reaching them… but don’t want to brave the vacuum of space (or live on a diet of astronaut food). These novels allow us to traverse other planets…
To a writer, long stretches without using our craft is akin to wandering through the desert with no water. Though we’ll always crave the pen and page, with the mundanity of everyday life, it can be easy to lose our motivation and go through…
We’re living in a DIY world. From Pinterest fashion to Youtube cooking tips to good old fashioned books, people are constantly looking for the latest tips, tricks, and ‘life-hacks’ to either learn a new skill or improve their daily routines….
How do we get to know people? It’s a pretty big question, that’s for sure…but when it comes to writing characters, you have to get to know them the same way you’d get to know a real person. Our characters have to feel real, so therefore they…
We’ve all heard the spelling rule before…“I before E except after C.” It’s something that has been ingrained in our heads since we were in grade school, but we also know that this rule doesn’t even begin to apply to all of the IE/EI nuances in…
Sometimes, the hardest part about the writing process is actually getting started. You have a book idea in your mind, and now it’s up to you to extract those ideas from your imagination and put them on paper. Sounds easy, but for some it can be…
We’re now five days into the New Year, and if you’ve decided that 2016 will be the year that you take your book promotion to the next level, we have a few tips that can help. In blogs past, we’ve focused on promoting your book via
