2019 Writing Recap
Keeping with the tradition I began back in 2016, for those interested here is a monthly breakdown of everything I worked on in 2019....
Writing Update
This week I've worked on my novel, The Myth of Light, as well as a short story set in a Halloween world, which I'm absolutely loving....
2018 Writing Recap
Here we are again with the year-end recap. This has been a busy year, with two new novels written (first drafts) and lots and lots of...
Learning A New Language When You're A Fantasy Writer
I've always had a love of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the Celtic world. To this day, my mind associates those countries with faery...
Slowing Down
I've been thinking a lot lately about revision, and about how many drafts my novels go through before I start sending them out. Every...
Finding Motivation When the Muse is Absent
What do you do when your drive to write is gone? (Or perhaps merely on vacation). Do you push through anyway, making yourself write...
The Impact of Writing Spaces
For many writers, a writing space of your own is crucial. It's the place you go to put the words on the page (or the screen), where your...
2017 Writing Recap
How has a whole year passed already? It seems like I just posted the 2016 recap. Maybe I’m just getting old, or maybe time really is...
Adventures in Scrivener
I’ve tried many different ways of getting my stories out of my head and into a format that others can read. My earliest attempts were in...