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The One Thing No One Is Telling You About Writing Dialogue
Dialogue can be a rough time. You spend so much time writing, constructing scenes, and then you read it back…
In Lieu of Underwear, A Vampire Story: Chapter 1
Jess showed up at my apartment wearing nothing but a long white t-shirt and some high heels. I couldn’t tell if her eyes were all glassy from weed or from crying.
Fuck.
“Just a sec, all right?” I said through the tiny space I’d opened up to talk to her. I shut the door again after she gave me a quiet nod.
I turned back to the bedroom, but stopped short and… Continue reading
20 Prompts to Help You Start a New Story
First Lines The first line of your story— whether it’s a novel, short story, or work of nonfiction—must hook the…
Coping with Poor Executive Function and Perfectionism
I saw a post on twitter today about executive function and how it’s affected by mental illness. Essentially, what happens…
The Fruit of All, a poem
The following is an important poem from my upcoming novel Destroying Eden. It’s a prophecy. Who do you think wrote…
Writers’ Biggest Fears Revealed #1: What’s Your Book About?
Writers’ Biggest Fears Revealed is a blog series where we commiserate about all the things that get writers tripped up,…
Vampire Fiction You Won’t Hate
“Do you not know that tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have…
Impostertops the New Dinosaur, and Other Things I Did Instead of Working on My Novel
It’s amazing how busy you can feel even when you don’t have a job. Camp NaNoWriMo certainly helps keep a…
Survival Skills for Camp…NaNoWriMo
We are in the second week of Camp NaNoWriMo for July 2018. Homesick yet? I’m not! I am absolutely loving…