Young Adult Indie Author
We have all read books where the characters seem to leap off the page, where they feel so lifelike that you wouldn’t be surprised if they walked through your front door. As a writer, I know that you want to ensure that your characters are like that so your readers fall in love with…
Have you used any of these excuses before while writing… I’ll write later or I’ll write when the kids are older I’ll write when my house is perfectly clean I can’t concentrate until all of my projects are done I love my characters, but they’re not doing what I want…and now my draft is messy…
Has writing your novel lost its luster? You started writing with all kinds of ideas and energy and excitement, but now that you’re in the muddy middle, it all just feels a little blah, a little hard. Sitting down and forcing yourself to write feels about as much fun as riding the New York City…
Every writer that I know, myself included, always hits a wall at some point in their writing process. Usually it’s smack dab in the middle of the manuscript where you look at your book and you think, does this suck? Do I suck? Should I just scrap this whole thing? I’m going to give you…
…and how I have used Tarot to overcome them Our inner editors can be very loud and can totally convince us that we have a range of fears from fear of success to fear of failure. But I think that if we learn to acknowledge and address these fears, we can overcome them with journaling…
Sure, I was a good writer before I found Tarot but since I’ve started incorporating these magical cards with my writing….I’ve become even better! How has it helped me? Let me count the ways. Helps me get out of my own head We all get stuck in our comfort zones, our own little ways of…
Anyone can grab the baby name book off the bookshelf, or use any of the apps available, but I think there are more fun and creative ways to come up with character names. Start with the time period and country your book is set If you’re writing from a book set in the United…
Experiencing writer’s block can cause you to feel all kinds of emotions from shame to guilt to anger and back again. If you are dealing with writer’s block and you’re afraid you’ll never write again, I have six questions that can help you get unstuck and back to writing again. Note, if you’re like me…
Creating characters that make readers fall in love takes time and many, many layers of development. If you’ve taken my free training, Novel Narrator, and used Tarot to create your characters then you have an amazing character but to take that character and add some depth, we need to do a few more things. …
Yay! You’ve finished your first draft – congratulations! Now, are you ready for the editing process? Don’t be scared. Yes, editing is a totally different beast and it can get long and lonely, but following the advice below will help you keep your spirits high and motivation even higher. Make it FUN Editing can be…