What's the purpose of your book? To entertain…yes…but that’s the whole picture with a wide angle lens. Change your lens and you’ll see your character… now bring it in closer…ahh… that’s their goal, motivation and conflict – good. Now focus the lens just on the top left hand corner of your masterpiece. Moving it down, […]

In October I was challenged to NaNoWriMo by a fellow writer. I understood sticking my toe in the shallow end of the pool wasn’t getting me anywhere fast, so I made a big splash in the deep end. It was either sink or swim. I’m happy to say, I swam. Hard. For thirty days, nothing […]

Everywhere I turn lately, I see NaNo…blurbs, emails, blogs, articles, even classes. Yes, there are now classes on how to prepare for NaNo. For those of you who aren’t aware, NaNo is short for National Novel Writing Month. http://nanowrimo.org/ A writing challenge of 50,000 words in 30 days. In the past, I’ve always balked. November […]