January 2018

Vlog: On Covers When Traditionally Publishing

What's it like to get your cover done when you're in traditional publishing? Today I'm talking about my experience—and what the ...

Photo credit: jvleis on Flickr When working on Beyond the Red back in 2013 and 2014, if you'd ask me what my number one writer weaknes...

Is your protagonist too passive? What does that even mean? Today I'm talking about a common protagonist issue and why it's important...

I have been woefully behind on keeping up with 2018 books I want to read, in part because I'm drowning in 2017 (and earlier) books I sti...

When should you hire a freelance editor? Do you even need one? Today I'm answering those questions and more, from the perspective of a t...

Photo credit: Sonnar3 on Flickr One of my most common critiques when editing samples or full manuscripts revolves around POV slips. POV sli...

What should you know about writing marginalized characters? Today I'm talking about some of the important things to remember. RELATED VL...

Photo credit: aescoba on Flickr So it's 2018! Now that I've done a semester of grad school I have—shall we say—a more realistic und...

How do you come up with description? How much is too much? Today I'm talking about an all-too important element of writing a story: desc...