My January writing for the most part was consistent, but with taking on a new job, a new role, February has soaked up every ounce of...

Sometimes advice comes along and strikes me as so obvious and so unhelpful at the same time. This is like saying "cut out all the boring...

It has taken me about five failed novels to really understand the truth of these words. When I envisioned the stories of my earlier...

I've read first paragraphs that were long--too long, and some that were only one sentence, but even in those shorter ones there are...

In preparation for NaNoWriMo I'm breaking out a fresh notebook today. I'm shooting for 30K to fill out my second half. This should give...

I've mentioned in other posts that I've written more than a few books before my current WIP. There are many reasons why those failed as...

You won't find this quotation in a book anywhere or on Goodreads. This was given to me personally by Canadian author, Richard Scrimger,...

I purchased this drinking horn from Grimfrost in Sweden, same with the curved belt knife. They're handmade, and completely awesome. The...

There was a time, a stretch of years, where I had assumed I was endlessly working on the same book. I finished a draft. It was garbage. I...

This is good advice for everyone, not just writers. Too often we're thinking about how the topic of conversation relates to us and how...

I love this piece of advice, not just because I've had so many times where characters decided to do something other than I had planned...

I've recently had an interesting back and forth with writer on Instagram about our many uses of journals and notebooks, and the different...

I think this is a common pitfall writers face when they're just starting to find their footing. I've certainly fallen into this trap....

I'm took a break from editing the novel recently and starting a new short story in the Rifleman series. When I'm writing something new I...

⁠What do most writers considers to be a bad day? For me it isn't meeting word counts as much as it is sitting for hours in front of my...

When faced with writer's block, how many of us have heard the advice that we just need to write something? Anything. I've been in that...

I love this quotation because it not only fulfills itself but succinctly describes the job of any writer in any genre. For me, I tend to...

When I first started writing fiction I didn't know what I was doing and so my language ended up being simple and straightforward. Then I...

I have made the mistake of cramming so much backstory and unnecessary description into my early drafts that bogged the reading down and...