Have you seen the Netflix documentary 14 Peaks yet? I recommend you do! The story is simple enough. Over time, lot of tough Western...

As a writer, I do so much research on such a wide variety of topics that I wonder if I’m on any national security organization’s watch...

5TH BOOK TO BE PUBLISHED! THURSDAY I’m stoked to announce my fifth book, a historical novel titled The Falcon, the Wolf and the...

While doing research, I happened upon a really wild event that occurred during my youth, but that I never heard of, the Chowchilla...

Bliss Road on It’s Way! Just a quick note today to say that Vine Leaves Press has decided to add to my stack of published books by...

Yesterday I sent out a newsletter offering a Kindle copy of these two fantastic new memoirs. Recommend your favorite memoir(s) below and...

Register now! VIA LAS VEGAS! Las Vegas Writers Conference (virtual) April 8 – 10 Register now! Four years ago I had the pleasure of...

“YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY?!” For me, dialogue makes or breaks a book. Cliche dialogue typically indicates cliche characters. What do you...

Poet Vogue Robinson, author of Vogue 3:16 On Sunday I had the pleasure of doing a 30-min. reading of Winter Light and a Q&A session with...

I’ll be teaching three writing workshops in March and April. In anticipation of so many of your stories pouring fourth as a result, and...

Register now for my workshop! Though only 75 minutes long, I plan to pack in simple, yet effective process for developing characters your...

Winter Light, a novel, now available on preorder If you’ve been following this blog for awhile, you’ve seen this novel’s progress toward...

by Byddi Lee Author Byddi Lee has created a dystopian tale in which she’s nailed all three facets of great science fiction: a flawed, yet...

by Katie Lewis Often books and conferences for writers focus on the big parts of stories, such as plot, characters, pace, dialogue, etc....

After reading Carolyn R. Russell’s dystopian young adult novel, In the Fullness of Time (due out March 17, see previous post), I got to...

I was happy to receive an advance copy of this book. I was even happier to truly appreciate the author’s restraint when it comes to...

by Melanie Faith I grew up in Chicago and about once every winter would wake up to a mountain of snow outside my window and more falling...

To develop a plan for launching my upcoming literary book, Winter Light, which will be published Oct. 6 by Vine Leaves Press, I’m taking...

A lot of people I talk to want to build a regular writing habit, but don’t know how. Here’s my process, which works for undertaking...