How much of yourself do you put into your writing? As the saying goes, we writers always put a little bit of themselves into everything we write. It may not necessarily be personal bits. It could simply be settings related to places we’ve been, or experiences we’ve had like being in a car accident, or… Continue reading Bleeding on the Page

If you've listened to my podcast or read some of my previous posts on here, you'll know that, to me, dreaming is where some of my ideas come from. I had a weird one last night. I wasn't in it, but I was witnessing it from a third-person point of view. Basically, a woman was… Continue reading A Weird Dream

Creating characters for stories is a step in the writing process that authors either love or hate. The ones that love it look at it as just another part of the creative process. They often spend inordinate amounts of time thinking about their characters, writing up biographical details, backstories, creating a look and a personality.… Continue reading Character Development