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

Let me preface this post by stating that I'm not complaining. I love writing. I love to play with words, to mold them like clay to create a mood or a feeling, to make my readers think or dream. I think words are powerful and hold endless possibilities. But at the moment I feel like… Continue reading So Much Writing

Writers who can make a living wage from writing are far outnumbered by the ones who can’t. I’m one of the latter. While I’ve been getting paid to write things since the mid-1990s, I’ve never made enough that I could quit my day job and write full time. I have, however, been lucky enough to… Continue reading Finding balance