Okay, I know I’m smashing a popular misconception here but - Editors Really Are People!
Take a deep breath and recover for a moment - it was a shattering revelation, after all. But it is the truth. Editors go home to their families after work. They eat [...]

Writers must network with other writers in order to learn and grow. My local writing group serves as a passion support mechanism for my writing. It is invaluable to me because it is the sacred place where I share my experiences, triumphs, and struggles as a writer.
To form and promote a writing group in your [...]

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 [...]

Hannah was a special little girl. There was only one small problem… she herself didn’t think she was. Hannah wasn’t really sure why she felt like that. It just seemed to be something that she had always known -that she was nothing special.
She was small for her age, so she couldn’t run as fast as [...]