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Betrayed – #FlashFiction
You can read this flash fiction story in One Hundred Voices anthology. Sorry, I can’t have it in the public domain. I sold the rights to Allegiant Publishing/Centum Press. Thank you for your interest in…
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Wings of Mayhem is Out!!!
Have you ever had the feeling that something wonderful was about to happen, but you didn’t know what it was? Not long ago this happened to me. My intuition was screaming at me…
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The Time Has Finally Arrived!
This is an awesome day for me. MARRED is available for pre-release! I can hardly believe it’s happening. Anyone who’s traveled this lonely, often heartbreaking, road toward traditional publishing can attest that it’s…
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Tips To Correct The Pacing In Your Novel (part 2)
If you missed part one of this post series you can find it here. Today I’d like to talk about structure and show vs. tell vs. really showing. By structure I mean scene and…
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3 Tips To Correct The Pacing In Your Novel – Part One
What is pacing? Pacing is the rhythm of the novel, of the chapters and scenes and paragraphs and sentences. It is also the rate at which the reader reads and the speed at…
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Real Life Serial Killers– What makes them tick?
The serial killer has become wildly popular in crime fiction. Maybe they are so fascinating to us, as readers, because they are complicated creatures. They are deliciously bad. We, as writers, are told…
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Create Tension and Suspense. Keep the reader flipping pages!
I just completed the first draft of my latest novel, the sequel to Timber Point. The working title was Dancing In The Shadows. However, after completing the novel I thought of a title…
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A writer's busy life.
Writers have very busy lives. I had no idea how busy until I decided to write full-time. 1. You need to constantly work on your WIP (work in progress, for non-writers). 2. Create…
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Top 5 Tips for Researching Your Fiction Novel
Research is extremely time-consuming, but well worth the effort. After all, you never want to get your facts wrong, even with fiction. Here are my top 5 tips for researching your novel……
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5 Tips for a Killer Ending
Most readers want a resolution, an ending to satisfy their need to see that everything worked out. That’s one way to go. Or you can go a different route. Who can forget movies…
