Roanoke Public Library Teen Summer Reading Kickoff
The Roanoke Public Library is having their Teen Summer Reading Program this year with lots of […]
Teen Program: How to Write the Right Villain for Your Hero
I will be presenting this program for teens as part of the Roanoke Library summer reading […]
Promises to the Reader: Avoiding The Empty Doughnut
I’ve been binge-watching past episodes of Master Chef. In one challenge from a few seasons ago, […]
Poetic Technique for Prose Writers
Blog Post – Poetic Technique for Prose Writers I love language. The sound of words. The […]
The Freedom of the First Draft
I hope everyone survived NaNoWriMo. How’d you do? Even if you didn’t hit 50K, I hope […]
I Gotta Be Me!
Character agency refers to a character’s ability to make decisions that affect the outcome of a […]
New Advanced Novel Writing Classes
Are you ready for a new writing adventure and some new writing challenges? So excited about […]
Well, I wasn’t expecting THAT!
This whole month, I want to talk about the relationship between writing and reading. I’ve talked […]
Freytag’s Pyramid
In 1863 Gustov Freytag, first known as a playwright and later a novelist, published Die Technik […]
Writer, Transform Thyself
I recently had a writer ask me which one of his many ideas he should follow […]