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I don't know why I kept watching Downton Abbey this season. The plot was such a disappointment—recurring themes that went nowhere and...

Cleaning  out my Inbox this morning, I discovered this past experiment with the Dragon Dictation app on my iPhone. There's potential, s...

This blog has been on a temporary hiatus as I deal with several projects and money-making responsibilities that have hit me all at once. I d...

While writing my last post on creating interesting fictional characters, I attempted to find a drawing (sans copyright restrictions) to i...

In Issue 55 of Writers Ask , Bret Anthony Johnston suggests making characters more likable by giving them at least one annoying habit (...

I am planning a couple of posts about the newsletter, Writers Ask  (WA), published by Glimmer Train Press. I am describing it a little, ...

I spent much of the weekend grieving about the Sandy Hook ES shootings. Then a skit on Saturday Night Live , an adult parody of "You...

A while back, I started a Pinterest page on Writers Tools and Tips  (that I've hardly added anything to lately...). To feed that pag...

This is a Scrivener Corkboard being used to its full power—mine has few elements on it. Apparently I am a  NaNoWriMo Rebel —one of the...

I am attempting NaNoWriMo again this year and, like last year, I am hopelessly behind. As of the beginning of Day 13, I stand at 7,659 w...