On Writing…Steven King

by | Nov 6, 2014 | Writing Process

Reading Steven King’s book, ON WRITING: a Memoir of the Craft. Not a fan of horror, blood and guts, so didn’t pick this one up for a while. Wish I’d read it earlier. You feel like you went on the journey with him, seeing what becoming a writer was...

Wild Mind!

by | Oct 24, 2014 | Writing Process

Just started a WILD MIND writing practice with my students. They never let me skip it! Grabbed the idea from Natalie Goldberg, and have used it ever since in my creative writing classes. Kids, teens, old and young love it. Even if you’re not a writer, give it a...

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by | Jul 16, 2014 | Writing Process

Good writing day. Got in 1500 words, bringing me up to 31,803! Almost midpoint. For those of you writers with a day job, set goals. Even if you don’t reach them in the time frame you set for yourself, you will be closer than if you didn’t set any.  My...

Writers Write

by | Jul 3, 2014 | Writing Process

So true! Few of us will ever have the luxury of sitting at the perfect desk, laptop open, in a remote cabin in the woods, (with powerful wifi of course), gazing out the window at the perfect, chattering stream, breathing in the silence, only stopping to eat gourmet...

Location…Location…

by | Jun 24, 2014 | Writing Process

A great way to research a city your character is going to spend some time in, is to spend some time in it yourself. Nothing beats being there. But I can’t always pick up and visit every location I want to use in my book, or spend months there.  I usually can...

Naming Your Characters

by | Jun 1, 2014 | Writing Process

NAMING CHARACTERS is a skill set worth developing – AND it’s a lot of fun!  Have a nemesis from high school? Kill them off in the first chapter. Unrequited 1st grade crush? Give the love interest of your main character his name. And just think of the fun...