Author Interview: Debbie Hardy
February - technically the shortest month, but when you live in northern Michigan it can feel like the longest. Cold, dark, uneventful days seem to drag on. One way to break the monotony? Good reading! I think today's post is a good read. Non-fiction writer Debbie Hardy agreed to talk [...]
5 Tools Every Novelist Should Use
Writing well is a difficult endeavor (and anyone who says otherwise is probably not writing very high-quality material). You spend most of your time chained to a computer or pen, and everyone who's ever written a high school essay (i.e. everyone in the free world) has an idea, suggestion, or [...]
Just the Facts by Pegg Thomas
“Just the facts, Ma’am.” Any Dragnet fans out there? Joe Friday said that phrase all the time on the old black and white detective show. He wanted the facts, not the story. Fiction readers want the story … but writers also need to get those facts correct. Nothing will spoil [...]
No Year’s Resolutions
Resolution: the act of determining. I've never been a fan of resolutions. I used to set personal resolutions - lose weight, be more patient, stop picking fights with people - but, like most people, I always failed. Then, when I started writing full time, I thought it would be a [...]
Author Interview: Joselyn Vaughn
Happy New Year! I'm kicking off 2016 by interviewing a fellow Michigan writer, Joselyn Vaughn. A writer of contemporary romance, I'm thrilled to know someone with a similar passion. Here she is! Hi, and thanks for your willingness to appear on my blog! I'm looking forward to sharing your knowledge [...]