Why We Don’t Walk Away Do you ever just want to give up on your writing? Throw in the towel? Walk away?  Yeah, me too.  A lot.  Welcome to the writing world! I’m not sure why we put ourselves through … Continue reading →

YOUR Way Many, many moons ago, I met a YA author who also happen to be a teacher in my school board. I was enthralled with her success, and, I admit, vehemently jealous. How had she managed to find time to teach and write, … Continue reading →

Someone Who Writes Are we writers if we don’t have readers? It takes both to create a memorable story, so if we haven’t yet gotten our work published—or we don’t even want to publish it, not in the mainstream market anyway—are we … Continue reading →

No Formula You know the expression “know the rules before you break the rules”? Yeah, well, in writing there are no rules. There are best practices and methods to follow. There are suggestions to get better and ways to improve, but there are … Continue reading →

Sharing Ourselves There’s a line in my YA fantasy, Evangeline’s Heaven, when Michael, Evangeline’s enemy-love interest expresses his admiration for her. My kids chuckled “Didn’t Dad tell you that when you started dating?” No one else would catch that detail, though, … Continue reading →