As you can probably tell, Tarot is one of my absolute favorite tools to use as an author. I use it to help me with everything from character creation to plot design to marketing strategies. You name it, I’ve probably used Tarot to help me in some fashion. But when I mention Tarot to other…
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Easy Character Creation Using Tarot Cards
When starting a novel, it’s important to fill your world with well-rounded characters – the kind that feel so real your readers love diving into your stories, getting lost in their lives. Today, I want to teach you how to do that with the magical tool of Tarot. For some great examples using my Rider-Waite-Smith…
My Favorite Way To Come Up With New Ideas As A Writer
I find that writers get stuck for a variety of reasons: Lack of ideas Lack of motivation Getting stuck in their own head Overthinking things Worrying Issues with their characters The perfect writing tool to help with these issues will allow you to have more creative freedom, give you a new way of looking at…
4 Fears My Inner Editor Has Convinced Me I Have
…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…
Kickstart Your Creativity Using Multiple Tarot Cards
Let’s say you’ve been dabbling with using Tarot cards for your writing and you’ve been pulling one card at a time – great!! Looking at one card can help you gain insight, get you out of your own head, and spark ideas but by adding a second (or even third) card, you can take your…
6 Ways Tarot Has Made Me A Better Writer
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…
How To Add Depth To Your Characters
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. …
4 Tips For Keeping Motivation High During Editing
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…
What is an Intuitive Tarot Reader?
When I was starting my Tarot journey, the thought of learning meanings and descriptions for 78 cards seemed super daunting. In fact, I was overwhelmed to the point that I stalled my study for a few months before I gained traction. The thing that helped during that time was learning some basics. These included knowing…
How To Use Tarot Cards to Brainstorm New Ideas
Using Tarot cards to come up with ideas is one of my favorite ways to use the cards and it’s a fairly easy process. Decide what you need ideas for Are you writing a YA novel, a series of Science Fiction books, or blog posts? Seriously, this concept can be used for just about any…