Making your first draft better
Like most writers, I like writing better than rewriting. In fact, I’d prefer my first drafts to be so perfect
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Release of Dictator of Disaster
The third book in the Too Sensitive series, DICTATOR OF DISASTER, is now available! Here’s the back cover blurb: Touch
Writing Challenge: Contrast
One of the definitions of the word “Contrast” at Dictionary.com is the “opposition or juxtaposition of different forms, lines,
Be a Light!
The theme for the November 15, 2014 Phoenix Arizona Temple Cultural Celebration is “Be a Light.” As part of my responsibilities
Create your own retreat!
It’s retreat season! Hopefully, you’ve either had or will have an opportunity to get away for some quality writing time
Writing Challenge
Too often novice authors rely only on miscommunication between characters to create conflict in stories. Harlequin editor, Victoria Curran, reminded
Writing Challenge
The writer, T. S. Eliot, insisted that the most important element in writing is the “objective correlative” which evokes emotion by describing
Where in the World … ?
“What are men to rocks and mountains?” (Jane Austen) Ms. Austen had a flair for creating believable men AND
Gifts and Goals
In this season of gifts and goals, I’ve been considering how the two things should be related. It’s natural to
ANWA Conference
Have you registered for ANWA’s Writers Conference? It could change your life. The last few ANWA Conferences have changed mine.