Dear Friend, Teach Them Diligently 2025 finds itself in Dayton, Ohio! Welcome to the Midwest! Home of the kind and the generous and the ones who say “watch for deer” (an apparent euphemism for “I love you”) when any loved one walks out the door to drive home. That’s just our nature, and we’re pretty…
Dear Friend, What do you think of this Character Art for Finockt? I’ve wanted for a very, very long time to have some sort of character art for my books, and now, with a little help from Canva, I was able to generate a fairly lifelike image of Finockt! But what do you think? Do…
Dear Friend, Don’t Stress is my writer’s tip#10! And it’s here for a good reason. The majority of the time, we, as writers, focus so much on progressing the story we’re trying to put to paper or screen, we increase our cortisol levels to a ridiculous degree. What happens when we stress as writers? We…
Dear Friend, Happy New Year to you + a Book 3 update! I think I’m still in plenty of time to include a New Year’s post! Well, know that I’m wishing you a very Happy New Year, even if it is more than a bit on the late side. New Year’s Greeting… I’m excited for…
Dear Storyteller, Plotting what comes next is Tip#9. I included this tip because as a writer, it often happens that we get “stuck” with how to proceed in our storytelling. And when this inevitably happens, one of two things occurs: either we quit and move on to something else, or we find inspiration and keep…
Dear Friend, Merry Christmas 2024! Christmas is a time for reflection on all the good that has happened in the past year and for remembering the good that came to us over two millenia ago in the form of a tiny baby. The Christ Child. In a birth so anonymous and yet so publicly displayed,…
Dear Storyteller, Tip#8 is all about Dialogue. I originally didn’t have this tip included in my series of what I wanted to share with you, however, I decided it was important to include-partially because it is a huge part of writing a story but also because it seems to follow up nicely with Tip#7 Meet…
Dear Storyteller, Meet your characters is not only Tip#7 but is also a tip I’m super thrilled to share with you. Most writing advice encompasses listing and planning out literally all the characters in a story, starting with the protagonist and the antagonist and then branching out from there in both directions to include all…
Dear Friend, I love this picturesque lead into Chapter 13-The Heir! It’s so riveting! I think I love the flow of whatever that is cascading over the sword. Is it water? Sand? Mist? I honestly don’t even know, but I found it strangely calming and intriguing all at the same time! Skip down to see…
Dear Storyteller, Write from the heart Tip#6 is as equally important as Tip#2-Daydreaming. Why is writing from the heart so important? Let’s unveil 7 reasons together. Reason #1 Most likely this reason is overly self-explanatory, but when you write from the heart, you’re drawing from an emotional sphere you wouldn’t otherwise tap into. It’s a…