I make plans. I decide to be committed to my writing and my dreams and my health and then the first thing that comes along to demand my time fractures my attention to detail. I am a mom and a … Read More
Creating conflict in fiction, author Karen Shepard puts it so clearly, “Conflict is all about equally formidable forces trying to occupy the same space.” I love it when someone puts a concept in a nutshell. This is all it is … Read More
The mailing list is a vital part of the business of the indie author. Some indie authors mail a lot. I don’t. My goal has been to help people with their writing. My exercises are usually not about beginning … Read More
Five Ways to Research Your Book is just a smattering of ideas you may not have considered. In this day of the internet where a search can lead you down a rabbit hole of marvelous discoveries it is … Read More
Saturday morning I am teaching a character workshop. It is the first time I will be teaching in a bookstore in Lomita called Pipe and Thimble. I am really excited to be back in a classroom setting(sort of) teaching complete … Read More
I graduated High School in 1982. Now I am going back to college at 53 I went to college in 1982 and I dropped out for my amazing acting career. Well we all know how that went! I worked but … Read More
To have a strong hero he must fight against someone or something. Hero vs. Villain is a tale as old as time. Right now I had done my character work on my two leads. Or so I thought. … Read More
I used to have nightmares as a child. I had a few recurring ones where I was taken prisoner by Frankenstein and rescued by my dog. When I was an actress I had a nightmare per show. Usually this would … Read More
A month ago I went on a hunt for missing pages. Every Writer’s Nightmare. I was getting ready for summer travel and activities and wanted to move some of my work to my laptop. Two of my books are fairly … Read More