• Outlining A Novel

    I love, love, love Joanna Penn’s podcast. I binge listen to old episodes while I’m at work and can’t get enough of her tips and tricks. Since this week I talked about my creative process and outlining procedures, I found this podcast episode that had a similar topic. Hope you enjoy it.

  • Book Binder Layout

             This year I’ve taken on another type of writing project; a non-fiction book on the writing process. My original outline for this had literally every step of the journey, and I realized that it would be waaayyyy too much for one book. So, I pruned it down and thought I’d go one step at…

  • Plotting Resources

    I’ve read soooo many books that have helped me develop my writing process, but these three were the main ones that helped me with plotting. On Thursday I go into more detail about my plotting routine.

  • See ya Later, 2020

             Hey, would you look at that? We survived 2020. I’m pretty sure we can all agree that we should just set it on fire and call it a day. But even with all the terrible crap that happened, I achieved a few of the things I wanted to. Even if it only happened because…

  • The Cubes

    This week I’m back on the story cubes. It didn’t end up as a story this time, it’s a little random and silly. A little burnt out on my creativity lately 🙃 end of the year blah brain is to blame.

  • Senses Exercise 3

             Aaand we’re back with the description exercises. As I work through my next book(s) I know I’m making more of a conscious effort to bring the setting to life. I even have a post-it note next to my editing pages that just says, “see, taste, smell, hear, feel” as a little reminder checklist to…

  • Tarot Cards #4

    The Cards Page of Cups: An emotionally open young person given to flights of imaginative fantasy Knight of Wands: Trying to rescue the world by imposing order on it Five of Cups (reversed): The worst thing that could happen actually creates a better situation Strength: Discipline yourself to follow your intuition Medicine Wheel (reversed): Start…

  • Tarot Cards

    Wrote a short piece with the inspiration from these cards. Come back Thursday to check it out.

  • A Cursed Witch pt 2

             Eris lay spread-eagled on the stone in front of the cave entrance and bathed in the moonlight. The rays danced upon her skin and gave her renewed strength and energy. A shadow of a smile spread across her face, and it grew as she listened to the sounds of agony in the cave behind…

  • Senses Exercise Number 2

             In my current writing project I’ve been making a conscious effort to describe the setting, and I think I’ve been doing a much better job already just by putting it at the front of my mind. So, to keep that momentum going, I’m taking another shot at a writing exercise from the Thesaurus of…