Plotting: Connect the Dots

When I receive letters or messages about my writing, it’s usually from other writers who are just getting started and who are looking for solutions to their own writing craft problems. And usually those problems have to do with plotting. So, I’d like to share a few thoughts about that today. Pantsing Versus Outlining There

The Art of Dialog Tags

How do we know that literature is an art form? By the way people proffer rules that don’t really exist — by the fact that opinions are often mistaken for rules and dished out as such. I was organizing my bookmarks today and came across an article I’d saved declaring there are only two correct

You Know You’ve Been Proofreading Too Much When …

This week I have been working some long hours, trying to revise a minimum of one chapter a day for The Atheling. I’m up to chapter 20 of the 4th revisions, and you can see progress on the cover painting above. The main thing I’ve worked on for the cover art was the ship …