Self-Editing Schtips

Borrow from these rules when you’re certain they improve your story, but guard your voice against them taking control.

SPaG Stuff

I want to do my best to share this information so no one (with my privilege or fixation) misses out on all your story can be.

The Time It Takes

Books are magic, and writers are wizards, and some spells do their work over time, space, and inside readers’ beings. None of this is easily or tritely quantifiable.

Amazing Author Alert: Liselle Sambury

Check her out, then support and adore her brilliance with me! https://lisellesambury.ca/

Critique Partner Horror Stories: Red Flags & Relationship Ruins

It’s emotionally risky, this writing business, so please respect your time, protect your energy, and cherish those CPs you hope to keep.

Boundaries & Benefits: Crafting with Critique Partners (AuthorToolbox)

Writing is hard, but it shouldn’t be lonely. From idea creation to final product, input from critique partners is priceless.

5 Things To Do Before You Beta Your Book #AuthorToolboxBlogHop

I believe in the beta process the way toddlers believe in Bandaids. Betas make books better, and better books make happier readers who read more books. But what you get out of your beta, and where your story goes in revision, is up to you, not your readers.

Review: The Emotional Wound Thesaurus

If you get nothing else out of this review, go buy this book just to read this one page. If that doesn’t spike your curiosity, your Human may be malfunctioning. #sorrynotsorry

Four Ways to Write Through the Fog #AuthorToolboxBlogHop

When I get stuck on a writing project, it feels exactly like driving through fog—I can’t see far enough ahead to feel comfortable where I am, the clear road behind is as shrouded as the way forward, and there’s no telling when some swift insight will blow through so I can go back to “normal.”

Personal Lessons from #Pitchwars 2017 #AuthorToolboxBlogHop

Fair warning: Some of these lessons might be carryovers from 2016, while I was lurking and cheering on friends. And there are a gazillion great lessons to learn from a contest like Pitchwars, but these are mine for now (and counting!). Subjectivity in Story I thought subjectivity was something I fully understood. I’ve even *gulp* blogged […]