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I've just about finished writing my first middle grade novel. It's taken almost three years and it's still not complete (close, though)!...

To the Mattresses: Today, I fought like hell with chapter ten. It was out and out fisticuffs of the cerebral kind.

My novel currently logs in at 38,193 words. The words, ostensibly, all go together and make sense when read from start to finish.

RABBIT HOLE! While doing research for some writing projects not related to my novel, I ended up falling down a rabbit hole with several hour

WORD COUNTS. I’ve been thinking a lot today about word counts. Both in the sense of what was created in a day (my output) as well as using w

People are surprised to learn that I write every day for at least four hours, M-F and sometimes on the weekend too. Specifically, two...

Even though I’ve been writing in some form for ages, I am new to writing. Learning to write in school is miles apart from writing a...