There was an outcry at the ending of PBS Masterpiece Theatre’s Sanditon, Jane Austen’s final, uncompleted manuscript. Because the viewers…
Read More
writing
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
My best Christmas memory doesn’t have much to do with writing or editing. But it has a lot to do…
Read More
Resolving Conflict within the Writer
Not only do writers give their characters conflict, they have a lot of it in their lives too. I’m talking…
Read More
You Need Motivation Too
It’s not only our characters that need motivation, writers do too. What’s the secret to motivation? I’m talking about that…
Read More
The Hard Stuff and the Fun Stuff
I’m talking about these things in crafting your characters, continuing a series I’ve started over at PencilDancer.com. Check it out…
Read More
Raise the Stakes
Over at PencilDancer I’ve been talking about creating memorable characters. In today’s post I talk about how making your characters…
Read More