Don't let the title of this article fool you; we keep our pants on around here. Welcome to Camp NaNoWriMo! If you're participating this April and you've waited until the festivities have started to even begin thinking about how to begin your story, where it might go, and where it'll end, then you are probably… Continue reading To Pants or Not to Pants
With Camp NaNoWriMo just around the corner, writers all around the country are gearing up to have some productive fun in April. National Novel Writing Month is technically in November but writing 50k words in a month is too fun a challenge to try only once a year. If you're like me and getting hyped… Continue reading To Plan or Not to Plan
As a writer, I've learned over the course of years that there is always more to learn. I've been writing pretty much as long as I can remember and writing seriously for ten years (wow, I feel old!), and I'm still amazed at how much others teach me. If you're like me and you absolutely love… Continue reading The Rainier Writing Workshop
What do you get when you blend horror, YA, and an author who knows how to twists a reader's expectations? One hell of a thrill ride is what you get. !!! If you read ahead, there will be spoilers, so if you haven't already read the entire book, please click away and go read it ASAP! If you… Continue reading Subversion of Balance: Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer
It's our favorite day of the week (Tuesday? Hmm, why not? It's Saturday somewhere...right? Either that, or I'm off schedule, and that couldn't possible be...)! That means it's time to ramble. So, you've written a draft. It could be a novel, a short story, a nonfiction essay, a comic, anything. You've finished it, polished it,… Continue reading The Writing Guru Next to You
