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An important part of writing a story is world building. Whether you are writing a short story, a novel, or anything in between, your world has to stand the test...

Last week, I wrote a 2 part blog post on the process of writing characters (which you can find here and here). I did not plan on posting a part...

Yesterday, I discussed the initial thoughts that go into building a character. You can find the post here at Characters, Part 1. Today, I’m go into a little more detail....

This was originally a really long post. I've since divided it in half and will post part 2 tomorrow. Question. What is a character? (courtesy of Dictionary.com)character [kar-ik-ter]    noun1....

I hear the stories from other writers. There's always going to be one person in the crowd at a con panel who will ask "Where do you get your ideas"?...

Let me be honest. I want to win a Nebula. I want to win a Hugo. I want to win an ENnie. I would love to call myself an award-winning...

Over the years, I've learned a lot about writing (the craft) from other authors, and simply by doing it. But writing is the only part of the job that an...

Note: I usually don't subscribe to this conceit, but for the purposes of this post, let's use these definitions for writers and authors. (Usually I use the terms authors and...

In the publishing industry, time is money. This is true for editors, agents, and writers. Especially authors who have no day job and write full time. Every moment they are...

Over the past few years, I have heard many a war story from other professional writers about their interactions with the non-writing and the want-to-be-writing crowds. They get asked everything...