Miles O'Neal

These students all read above their grade level. The two classes had different personalities but I was prepared for that. I had a loose outl

The early reader (or beta reader) process should start when the first draft is done. You want to start lining your readers up early enough t

First read-through: We read through just to read it as a story. Does it grab and keep our attention? Does it flow well? Is it believable? Do

In a recent blog, I shared some insight behind the names of several dragons from The Dragon Lord Chronicles. Today we'll look more into...

How you proceed depends on whether you are a plotter or pantser. Since I am a panster, I will cover that. (I may cover plotting another time

In an older blog, we looked at the importance of names fitting the story. In a more recent blog, I covered some ways to come up with...

Issue: "I feel like my dialogue is just a wall of 'He said' and 'She said.' How do I change it up?" Solution: There are several layers...

Issue: "How do I come up with names for my characters?" Solution: There are numerous ways to do this! Here are a few I've used...

Issue: "I hear a lot about 'showing vs telling.' What does that mean? Solution: Basically, telling is simply stating facts or basic...

Issue: "All of my paragraphs start with 'The', 'She' or the MC's name. HELP." Solution: Spend some time analyzing books you like. Examine...

I have found that chapter titles seldom leap out at me as I'm writing a book- at least, any likely to make it into the final product. I...

I read and hear all the time that writing is hard. Once upon a time, it could be. But that's what practice is for. Now I generally find...

Have you ever tried to write with a quill pen? It's not really hard to do, but it is a bit of extra work, and hardly the stuff instant...

THE ALBATROSS CHRONICLES There are many aspects of writing we talk about- the need to just write, holding off on editing, the importance...

PING PONG OVER THE DIGITAL ABYSS When I started writing I had to actually write the old-fashioned way- on paper with a pen or pencil....

I used to say, "I've written pretty much everything but novels and romance. I can't write those." Then I accidentally (yes, really!)...

As they approached the dragons, Younger dove at a dragon not engaged at the moment. As he passed over the other dragon, Younger dropped...

How would you feel if your parents were eaten by dragons? This is the question I lived with...and answered...as I wrote and edited my...

For years, I have written short stories. I've published articles and co-authored a technical book but there was one thing I was convinced...