Heavyhearted
Today, I have something different to share with you. It is a piece about my personal struggle with death. Over a decade ago, I lost three grandparents in under two-and-a-half years. I didn’t have time to cope with the loss...
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NaNoWriMo Prepartion – 5 Tips
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a challenge to authors to start a new novel and write 50,000 words in the month of November. It’s not an easy task. In fact, I’ve attempted to complete the challenge twice. The first...
Inspiring Tomorrow’s Authors
This week, I’ve been given a special task. I get to speak to a 3rd grade class about writing. And there’s a reason this is important to me. My first memory of writing stories and feeling the joy of creating...
Writing Tip – Be Vulnerable
In the author bios I submit to literary magazines with my stories, I often include a line that says I’m driven to “capture moments of human vulnerability.” Let me help you visualize what I mean. Think of a photograph that...
Editing Tool – Speak Selected Text
I often tell people that writing a story is the easy part. The hard part is editing. That’s not to say that writing is easy. There are a million ways to get distracted, side-tracked, and bogged down. But when you...
