Five Things You Must Do To Reach Teen Readers
Sometimes it’s hard to remember all the emotions, feelings, and concerns that young teens have. Times change, attitudes change,…
July 27, 2023Sometimes it’s hard to remember all the emotions, feelings, and concerns that young teens have. Times change, attitudes change,…
July 27, 2023Do you struggle to find the right words to describe your characters’ emotions? I certainly do. Description and portraying…
March 24, 2023One of my favorite movies is You’ve Got Mail. When Joe Fox attempts to apologize to Kathleen Kelly for…
August 23, 2021These days, anyone who wants to write short stories of an unconventional bent has their pick of quirky venues…
August 13, 2020Point of view (POV) is essential in all forms of fiction to describe the action as the character experiences…
July 23, 2020Using inanimate objects as characters can add a powerful, interesting element to your story. I cried when Wilson, a…
March 20, 2020Have you ridden a roller coaster and felt the exhilaration or fear of being tossed about while your feet…
January 17, 2019The first reaction I get when I tell another romance writer that I write sweet love stories is often…
November 23, 2018Anger comes in many shades, from miffed to murderous. Each shade looks and feels different. When a person is…
November 20, 2017I was once in a bus full of high school students when I heard a boy behind me read…
July 19, 2017If actions speak louder than words then a character’s body language is an important part of dialogue. And yet…
September 19, 2016Have you ever hit “send” for an email, or “publish” for a blog post, only to realize within a…
November 5, 2015Have you ever struggled with blank page disorder? I have. Most writers face this issue at one time or another. Sometimes…
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