Are you a writer with big ideas? Are you always imagining epics, sweeping stories, great tales of human struggle and sacrifice, interlaced with personal stories of love, sadness and triumph? If so, you ought to consider turning your book or story idea into a trilogy.

Why a trilogy? Believe it or not, there are deep psychological reasons that we do things in threes. The holy trinity is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and the Triple Goddess is Maiden, Mother, Crone, detailing the feminine journey through life. How many times have you heard the phrase “third time lucky”, or given someone “three guesses” or “three chances”? And of course in baseball it’s “three strikes and you’re out!”

Life is the raw material from which all writers work. Personal experiences and relationships with people often stir the urge to create and inspire the stories we put on the page. Whether you’re working on a memoir or a work of fiction based on your life experiences, the first place you will probably look for [...]

I’ve been a full time freelance writer for a little over two years now, and part time before this for going on ten.  I honestly think I could do this for the next twenty years and my family still would be unable to describe what it is I do.  When asked, they generally say one [...]

I don’t mean to alarm anyone and I certainly don’t mean to be an extremist, (Okay, the article on the destruction of mankind as we know it may have been borderline) but there is a rumor that, if true, could cause extreme havoc in the community and the release of thousands of people taking to [...]

Fantasy fiction is doing good business at the moment, but there are certain situations that have been overplayed. So much so, that they have become genre cliches, and everybody knows what to expect next. If you’re a writer in the fantasy genre, here are 6 cliches you should try to avoid in your stories.

With the growth of social media and marketing techniques like online article marketing, it seems that everyone is a writer of one sort or another. In fact, I’ve read a handful of articles that assure the reading public that anyone can write. While this may be technically true, those of us who write for a [...]

He grinned as he saw the outline of the castle ahead of him, showing two large fangs that came out over his lips. “The throne will be mine Alexander, and there’s nothing you can do about it,” the man said to himself as he continued down the rain soaked dirt road towards the entrance to the castle.

Almost every parent has a similar video tucked away in their collection - their kiddie boogying on down to some pop music and having a blast. What began as a simple sharing of a video by a proud parent however has ended up in court though for another round. As PCMag reports, this protracted saga [...]

We’re writers and prefer to spend a lot more time putting pen to paper than anything else. Any resource that makes the additional projects that accompany the job simpler merits a gold star in my book. I think this online tool constitutes just about the best thing since sliced bread. The bonus is it’s free [...]

I recently wrote a short story that failed. To write those words down on the page is clearly not an easy thing to do. No one likes to fail, especially a woman like me, who believes the work I do defines who and what I am, my place in the flotsam of life. And in [...]