Research

Don’t You Know, Write What You Know

If you follow write what you know literally, you are going to severely limit yourself as a writer.

Step One: Learn Everything

I used to think I could research my books as I went. I used to delve into plot and character development and setting and think ‘I’ll get to that later’. I used to believe that research was secondary to the fundamentals of writing a story.

I used to be very, very wrong.

The Writing Process – There’s No Road Map

Every writer has their own style and approach to a story. Some research first, others outline and plan, and some dive right in with nothing more than a name and a vague idea for where their novel might end up. As you can probably guess, I’m not one of those people.

Runaway Writer

Because I am a mad scientist writer with my hand in several pots all at the same time, I need to be organized. Really freaking organized.

House on the Hill

This house, specifically, has called to my baser self for over a year. What does that have to do with writing? Everything.

13 Stages of Writing a Novel

Be a writer, they said. It will be easy, they said.

So Where Do the Stories Come From, I Wonder

I do not have a half-naked Greek Goddess of muse and creativity lying across my bed. Inspiration doesn’t work like that.