I love a good villain. He does so much for a story. He gives the reader someone to hate, which engenders emotional involvement, commitment ...

Mike Nichols was a master storyteller, one of the best that ever lived, in my opinion. I saw him in an interview once where he was asked to ...

I'm writing this on a difficult day. I am surrounded by pressure, stress, and expectations – the first phalanx of the Enemies of Creativ...

Editing is an art, and some have a better knack than others. However, editing is also a science. There are rules in grammar regarding form...

This will be a shorter than usual blog, since I'm borrowing from another blogger. Not to mention running late. I ran across this blog f...

I know, I know, I should have loaded this earlier, but it’s still the 28 th right? I was having a hard time on how to conclude this… ...

So this month we’ll talk about self publishing...something I haven’t done so don’t know much about, but I’ll do my best. There a...

L ast month I shared my secret to writing great dialogue. This month, I'm going to share my secret to a polished manuscript. This is...

Okay so we’re going to speed up the time clock. You’ve done your homework and you have all your media sites set up. You’re ready f...