Well, Darlings, You’re Weighing Us Down . . .

“Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill […]

This Thing’s Important, Right?

One of my favorite books from the Children’s Lit classes I took in college was Treasure […]

Dross and Hero Stuff

Can we be brutally honest?  As a writer, you simply cannot be a nice person – […]

Using Pinterest to Improve Your Writing

I’ll admit it.  I am a Pinterest addict, heading rapidly towards 10,000 pins.  I make some […]

Character Development and Development as a Writer

On Friday, we had a meeting with the new/returning  Work Study Employees for the kids/teen camps.  […]

Physical Description

So I thought I’d kick this off with a few of my favorite things. Bicycling into […]