A New Story Posted – The Middle Child

I’ve been remiss in updating this blog, and even worse, in working on the novel. I was distracted in that I was working to keep one of my New Year’s Resolutions – the resolution to post a minimum of one short story each quarter on my blog. Sadly, I am a slow, meticulous writer. Joyfully, [...]

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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words for Novel Writing Too

I’ve mentioned before, I am a visual person. As I do my business development work (writers often have two jobs – one for income; the other, writing, is for pleasure), I spread my pitch points, brochures, introductory letters, and notes over my desk so that I can reference these documents during my conversations with prospects. [...]

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More on Characters

Recently I stumbled upon a blog entry by an Editorial Consultant, Pat Holt, that I found interesting and wanted to share. It’s an article of ten common mistakes in writers’ manuscripts that are also easy fixes. The points in the article are not new, but worth repeating, as writers often miss these errors simply because [...]

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On Character Development

One of the benefits to belonging to a strong writers group is the opportunity to learn and advance in writing techniques. Recently one Humble Fiction Café’ (HFC) writers group member, Kelli Meyer, gave a presentation on character development. Understanding and knowing who your characters are, what motivates them, and why they do the things they [...]

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