We will discuss just a portion of active setting, where we use the description of the world and the character’s interiority, to display

ITS FINALLY HERE! After an entire year of working with an amazing crew of 18 people, including three other writers, I’m so proud to...

I have so many people to thank for the fact that I’ve survived this roller coaster ride of a year. The support of the writing and reading...

These are just my thoughts and this list in no way exhaustive, but it’s important to consider what a character wants, and how that...

Have you ever wanted to see your book for sale in a store? When I used to daydream about my work being in a physical bookstore it was...

The Wingbreaker is a slow burn romance and a kind-of-enemies-to-lovers (he likes her but does make an attempt on her life anyways). One...

Welcome to part three of the "Editing Your Manuscript" series! In Part One, we discussed specificity, voice consistency, set ups and pay...

Welcome to part two of the "Editing Your Manuscript" series! Last time, we talked about specificity, voice consistency, set ups and pay...

A quick start for self-editing. I recently posted on my website that I’ve opened my editing service for booking in 2024. I’ll be offering...

Variety is the spice of...prose. Sentence Variety In a rough draft it's more important to focus on what you’re writing rather than how...

One way to improve prose is to strengthen our verbs. Simple verbs like “walked, ran, hit” are perfectly fine to use on occasion, but...

Internal and External voice How can we distinguish different character voices, not only in dialogue, but also when we have different...

What exactly is a filter word? Words that force the character to act as a “filter” before the reader gets the information. She thought....

Updated 2/1/24 Hey, it's Megan. I'm gonna be honest--right now I am fueled by nothing but hopeful ambition. In the Works My first novel,...