Fellow writers, I don't know about you, but I often find myself with something of a title issue. That issue being that I can't think of one.

I don't think it's rare for a writer to be unable to think of a title for their novel or short story, but I don't think I've ever come across one who enjoys trying to come up with something. Because trying to ( Read more... )

The other week I picked up some writing manuals from the library. I don't read them often but I do enjoy a good writing book. There's something about them that just gets me fired up to write, write, write. And any motivation is good motivation, right?

Anyway, yesterday I cracked one open: The Plot Thickens by Noah Lukeman (the fact that the author's ( Read more... )

I have a friend in the United States who I edit chapters for. We've become good friends and we email each other regularly. My poor friend, though, has been waiting (very patiently, I must say. More patient than I would be) to read chapters of Long Road Home for many, many months.

We got to talking about it the other week and I said, 'You know what, ( Read more... )

Every Tuesday morning I attend my Novel class where I, you guessed it, learn the art of writing novels. I am currently writing a novel (titled Long Road Home for anyone who doesn't know) and love attending my classes. Every week we do a writing exercise or two, generally centred around the topic of study. So, when we studied dialogue, we did a ( Read more... )