Can A Facebook Live Program Grow Your Author Platform in 2021?

New authors often call me. They want my help to build their platform in time for their book’s release…

The Power of Words in History: How Written Words Changed Nations

What makes us human? For some, it’s our cognitive ability, for others, it’s our ability to feel empathy, compassion,…

No Turning Back

After conquering the first challenging rock face, I paused to look down at the path we had just climbed.…

Who Are We Talking About? Using Pronouns and Antecedents

Keeping Your Sentences Clear Example #1 “They had such a great time at the amusement park. First, my aunt…

10 Ways to Help Fellow Writers (Without Spending Money)

When it comes to marketing, most of us can use all the help we can get. Savvy authors know…

MILITARY UNITS AND RANKS FOR YOUR SPECULATIVE FICTION NOVEL (Part 2)

Happy New Year, awesome authors! As writers of speculative fiction, military forces are a staple in many of our…

What Was Your Childhood Dream?

“God hears and remembers your childhood dreams.” I read this phrase on a social media post by author Angela…

Find Your Fellow Tesserae and Stick Together (Part 2): Improve Your Health to Improve Your Clarity

In my last post I explained that our writing journey should not be a solo trip. God has placed…

Controlling Idea!

As the pandemic unfolded last year, a story concept I toyed with for years kept coming to mind, mainly…

Completion

“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.” Revelation 21:6 (NIV)  Do you finish what…

A Rookie’s Best Advice

In the short time since I published my first book (10/10/2020), I’ve been asked many times what advice I…

Baby Steps

After my accident, I was eager to get back to my old life. Why wouldn’t I? I was in…

Talking About Writing and Contests with 2020 First Impressions YA Finalist Annette Griffin

The First Impressions Contest is held every year by ACFW. This year, Annette Griffin made it to finalists’ list…

Novelists Unwind Interviews Alexis A. Goring

Alexis A. Goring got her writing start as a very young girl. For a few years, her mother required…

Christmas Greetings

The Complete Guide For Beginners To Stand Out On Twitter

Twitter is a major social media platform, which holds 330 million monthly active users, and 450 million daily active…

The Two Big Cs

So, it’s Christmas and we’re all still dealing with Covid. Who would have imagined a year ago when we…

Don’t Commit a Rhyme Crime

You might have heard that “Rhyme is a crime,” and that editors don’t like rhyming board books and picture…

How to Market Your Book in 2020

The difference between filing your carefully edited pages on your computer and readers reading those pages, is marketing. Books…

Gain a Clearer Understanding Through Reading

Outside of studying the necessary and ever-increasing number of how-to books on writing, character building, plotting, showing and telling,…

Ringing in the New with Great Resources

As we look ahead to a new year and a new opportunity to write and learn, I wanted to…

Writers Chat Recap for December, Part 1

Writers Chat, hosted by Jean Wise, Johnnie Alexander, and Bethany Jett, is the show where we talk about all…

3 Reasons to Disagree with an Editor

You might be surprised to read the title of this post. Aren’t editors always right? Won’t you doom your…

Why All Writers Should Read in Translation

In my last year of college, I took a class that destroyed my trust in translation. For our first…

Interview with Award-Winning Author Paul Ellis

Can you share a little about your recent book? The Silent Queen captures my passion for men and women…