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I had plans this past weekend. Glamorous plans of sitting down at my computer and writing in bursts. In between writing, I had plans to outline, or do some writing research.  They were beautiful plans.  And they didn’t happen.  At all.  Instead, I spent

Confession Time: this was not the first article I wrote for this week. But the other one is going to need an overhaul. You may see it someday or it may languish away on the Google Doc. Time will tell

Back when I first started writing, I would sit for hours doing late night writing sessions (after school, work, and homework were done). I could sit down for hours at a time and bust out a thousand words no problem.  The

There is a part of every project that I dread. I love beginnings. A blank slate, endless possibilities and unlimited potential. It’s so fun to start exploring a story. This is the stage where I’m indulging my inner nerd and am

In case you didn’t notice, this post is a couple of days late. And that’s my fault. I do my best to get this written each week by Monday. This week, it just didn’t happen.  I missed my deadline and honestly

It’s been ten years since my first short story was published. Sometimes, I can’t help but sit back and look at the ideas that I had a decade ago about the craft of writing and laugh at my own naivety.

Three years ago, I called something that happened on TV over the last few weeks. So let’s talk about production and screenwriting.  I am a television junkie. I watch an obscene amount of it and am currently sulking because Summer means

I cannot begin to tell you how many times I will message James with some form of, “I need to write.”  Really, I can’t.  But, sometimes, despite the miles long to-do list that I have in front of me, I can’t write.  Take

Imposter Syndrome is all too common in writers. Either we think we aren’t good enough, or newbies think because they haven’t been published yet they aren’t writers. To kick this off, let me say something super important.  If you write, you are

Let me be blunt. As a writer, you will get rejected.  Repeatedly.  Sometimes in rather painful ways. As a woman who writes murder mysteries, I can honestly say I’ve gotten a rejection letter because I’m a woman (of course, they didn’t outright