This past spring, I was given the opportunity to record Matowak: Woman Who Cries by Joylene Nowell Butler. My primary gig as it pertains...

There may come a time in your professional career as a novelist when you'll wonder whether you need a literary publicist. Maybe you ha...

You're invited to do a guest spot, or maybe you're asked to write several posts for your book tour. Instantly, doubts slaps you in ...

Sad Mr. Adverb is so very sad Seems he's been labelled crazy and mad  By whom? you might ask, and rightfully too   By  Them , yo...

In the last  Gut Wrenching Deep POV post, we learned a technic of adding deep point of view by cutting dialogue tags and showing the story...

Deep POV is a powerful writing technic that adds emotional depth to your stories. Can you learn the technic? Of course. 1.  Eliminate as...

It’s time for another group posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group! Time to release our fears to the world – or offer encourageme...

There isn't another person on this planet who understands what it's like to walk in your shoes. And vice versa. Each of us are uni...

Sometimes there's a story in our hearts that won't die, a story that takes place thousands of miles from home, a place we might nev...

No doubt about it, rejections suck the wind out of your sails. The space around you becomes void of sound, pressure builds in your ears, yo...

X is for X Factor  Do you understand what separates you from every other non-writer? Regardless of what scale you'd place your...

V is for Value. I used to believe that once I was published my life would have more value. My presence on earth would make sense. I w...

K is for Kindness I know you've heard it a thousand times before: be kind to yourself. You've heard that, and maybe even roll...

G is for goal *The goal to write, write, write* You aren't a writer because you like things simple. You aren't a wri...

In 1992 I wrote a political thriller called  Kiss of the Assassin . One of its subplot centres around the Soviet Union's involvement i...

If you're like me, you've struggled over the right headshot for your blog or your novel. You may have excluded a picture altogethe...