Hi everyone! I’m really excited about my excerpt today. I hope you like it, too! WIP Wednesday, for new followers, is Work in Progress Wednesday, when I share an excerpt of what I’m working on and invite you to do the same in the comments section. For those of you who are new, here are the guidelines! Make your excerpt 500
Hi, everyone! This is a post about how to show fear in writing through the things that the character actually does. The great American author F. Scott Fitzgerald had a sign over his writing desk that read: Action is character. And I think about this all the time. In the past, I’ve made a list of ways to how to
It’s funny that one of the hardest things for some writers to write is a paragraph about themselves! Many writers—especially unpublished writers and first-time authors—aren’t sure how to write a short author bio or a longer introductory one. So today, I’m sharing what I think are some great author bio examples. Sooner or later, we all have to write one.
Update, 10/3/23: this post reflects my own views on the Sonya Larson case. It has been resolved in court, and you can read about that here. As an author, an executive editor in publishing, and someone who donated a kidney to a stranger, I was naturally intensely interested in the “bad art friend” literary scandal. The article “Bad Art Friend”
If you’ve been following the blog for a while, you know that WIP Wednesday (Work in Progress Wednesday) is when I share an excerpt of what I’m writing and invite you to do the same in the comments section. In case you’re new, here are the ground rules! *nothing too explicit or graphic (think PG-13) *500 words or less (otherwise
This Chicago bucket list got a little longer than I expected. There are so many unique and cool things to do in Chicago for adults or for families, including cheap or free things and things that are fun to do alone. This post is actually a collaboration between me and my husband Gill Donovan. And of course, we’ve still barely
I’ve been meaning for a while to do this post, which is kind of a mystery clue generator. If you’re writing a murder mystery, a mystery short story, or even a mystery subplot in any kind of novel, it can be tricky to figure out how the truth comes to light. Hopefully, these examples of clues in a mystery will