A Transcript of “A Future Author’s Diary” Podcast — My first tip is that plotting is the foundation of your novel. No matter how good your characters or settings are your story will go nowhere without a plot. Plotting should be one of the first things you do in the novel planning process or laying out the concrete. You…

A Transcript of “A Future Author’s Diary” Podcast — The first thing I want to answer is the age-old question “What is a well-rounded character”. A well-rounded character is 3 dimensional. The character is perfect they have strengths, weaknesses, dreams, ambitions, flaws, along with any other characteristic you can imagine. Think about your favorite story, is the hero perfect…

A Transcript of “A Future Author Diary” Podcast I understand first drafts may seem like the hardest part of the writing process, but trust me you will look back and realize it was actually one of the simple parts, or so I’ve heard. I wanted to talk about first drafts…

3 Throwback Christmas Decorations You Need to Dust Off and Place on the Mantle for the 2021 Christmas Season Christmas Villages The Christmas season never truly began for me as a child until I saw my grandmother's Christmas Village spread across her dining room buffet. Little houses, churches, and shops dimly lit atop a blanket of fake snow. I liked to come up with storylines for the little figures walking around…

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of living in a town overrun by the Republican Party. Alright, I want to start off by saying this isn’t one of those stories of how I(Democrat) stood up to the townspeople(Republicans). For the most part, I get along with nearly everyone in the town. …