Building Your Creative Space
Making It Natural
“You have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself.” Miles Davis A dear friend…
June 13, 2021-
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Building Your Creative Space
Peak Experience
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” Maya Angelou…
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Becoming an Author5 Acting Books Every Writer Should Read
If you are a writer who is serious about pursuing publication, perhaps you have a couple of writing craft…
April 9, 2021 -
Becoming an Author
12 Quotes for Writers on Persevering in Publication
The writing journey is not for the faint of heart. The rejections, critiques, and setbacks provide plenty of opportunities…
February 9, 2021 -
Courting the MuseWhy All Writers Should Read in Translation
In my last year of college, I took a class that destroyed my trust in translation. For our first…
December 13, 2020 -
Becoming an Author
What is Your Writer Mission Statement?
Every year around this time, I take a moment to reflect on the progress I have made as a…
December 9, 2020 -
Courting the Muse
How Academic Articles Can Help You Craft Your Frame Stories
Pilgrims travel to a martyr’s shrine, swapping stories on their journey to pass the time. The freshly installed tenant…
November 13, 2020 -
Courting the Muse
How to Level Up Your Descriptions Through the Ancient Art of Ekphrasis
Some writers are blessed with a vivid visual imagination. Just by willing it, they can render scenes in their…
October 13, 2020 -
Becoming an Author
7 Ways to Build Writing Education During COVID
There’s no denying that COVID has brought about drastic changes to our world in 2020. Yes, most of these…
October 9, 2020 -
Courting the Muse
Why Your “Bad” Writing Holds the Key to Curing Writer’s Block
Long before the pandemic began, I used to drop into the occasional adult beginner ballet class. There, I’d stretch…
September 13, 2020 -
Becoming an Author
Acting Techniques to Deepen Your Writing – Part 4: Career
As an actress, I’ve always been fascinated with the many ways in which the craft of acting can compare…
September 9, 2020 -
Courting the Muse
Why Advice Columns Might Just Give You Your Next Story Idea
These days, anyone who wants to write short stories of an unconventional bent has their pick of quirky venues…
August 13, 2020 -
Becoming an Author
Acting Techniques to Deepen Your Writing – Part 3
So far in this series, I’ve shared with you techniques I’ve learned as an actress that has strengthened my…
August 10, 2020 -
Courting the Muse
How Personality Quizzes Can Help You With Character Development
Have you ever taken the MBTI? Short for Myers Briggs Type Indicator, this classic personality test promises to divine…
July 13, 2020 -
Becoming an Author
Acting Techniques to Deepen Your Writing – Part 2
As I mentioned in the previous post, there is much we can learn on the writing craft by studying…
July 9, 2020 -
Becoming an Author
Acting Techniques to Deepen Your Writing – Part 1: Characterization
Over the years, I’ve studied the craft of both writing and acting, and I’ve been amazed at how the…
June 18, 2020 -
Courting the Muse
Why Stealing Characters from History Isn’t Just for Historical Fiction
As writers, we’re generally in the business of creating our own inspiration. When it does strike us unbidden, we…
June 13, 2020 -
Courting the Muse
How Reading Perfume Catalogs Can Help You Show, Not Tell
Emily Dickinson knew how to find inspiration without leaving the house. In her thirties, the reclusive poet withdrew into…
May 13, 2020 -
Becoming an Author
Rediscover Your Motivation for the Writing Journey
If you’ve been trudging along the writing path long enough, you’ve probably already discovered that it isn’t for the…
May 9, 2020 -
Courting the Muse
Why Reading Bad Prose Can Make You a Better Writer
A quarantine isn’t a writing retreat. Sure, some of the greats managed to transmute epidemiological panic into excellent prose…
April 13, 2020 -
Becoming an Author
5 Creative Writing Prompts for the Quarantined Writer
If you, like the rest of the world, have been stuck inside of your home because of the Coronavirus,…
April 9, 2020 -
Courting the Muse
When Watching TV Doesn’t Mean Procrastinating on Your Manuscript
During my last semester of undergrad, I spent a lot of time watching 30 Rock. Like many graduating seniors,…
March 13, 2020 -
Becoming an Author
Wishing for Publication Part 2: 5 Ways to Embrace the Waiting
It seems as though every season in the publishing industry invites a new waiting game: Writing the book. Editing.…
March 9, 2020 -
Courting the Muse
Why Your Contemporary Fiction Needs Worldbuilding Too
If you’re like most writers, worldbuilding feels like the province of sci-fi and fantasy authors alone. Sure, it’s crucial…
February 13, 2020 -
Becoming an Author
Wishing for Publication Part 1: Rush or Wait?
When I receive a new submission at Illuminate YA fiction (teen imprint of LPC Books), I can usually determine…
February 9, 2020
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