Another post from G.! After I did my list of romance novel publishers, I asked him if he’d be willing to do a list of fantasy book publishers, since this is his genre. — Bryn   Since I first read Lord of the Rings decades ago, I’ve wanted to write an epic fantasy series. I’ve been working on it off

What’s the worst pain you’ve ever felt? And how would you describe it? It can be tricky, which is why I’m blogging about How to Describe Pain in Writing! Describing physical pain is a challenge that most writers face at one time or another. A character might have a headache, give birth, or get injured in an accident or a

It’s been a few years since I did a list of romance novel publishers, so here’s an updated one for 2021! In my experience, researching romance novel publishing houses can take a very long time…time that could be better spent on editing your novel or starting a new one, am I right? (By the way, you might want to get

Hi friends! A while back, after I did a post of story ideas for kids , I got requests for essay topics for kids. I thought it was a little out of my wheelhouse, though, since I’ve never taught children. But then I thought, wait a minute…I’m married to someone who used to teach middle school English! So I invited

For a while now, people have been asking me to do story ideas for kids.  This year, more busy teachers and homeschoolers are looking for easy creative writing lesson plans, and some of them have used my summer writing prompts  and my Christmas writing prompts . So I put together this list of writing prompts for kids. They include some