First, I’d like to draw your attention to this article on Facebook’s recent announcement regarding the news feed algorithm. Late last summer, Facebook ran out of ad space. Essentially, the news feed became saturated by so many ads. Now, if you carefully read that article I linked to, you can…

If you happened upon my year in review post, you probably noticed that I learned how to build an author email list during the second half of 2017. I get a lot of questions through this blog and via my Facebook group on how to do this, so I’m starting a new marketing series that will cover the topic. I’ll try to break this down into easy steps. I remember when first starting how confusing it all seemed, and that there were so many ‘gotcha’ moments that led to a crap ton of unnecessary headache and heartache because I just didn’t understand certain terms.

A year ago today, I was dusting off an old flash fiction piece I’d written several years prior. That piece would then become the cataclysmic scene in Nefarious One: A Dark and Erotic Tale. At the time, I’d been writing off and on for about fifteen years. I’d never considered…

Three Effective Techniques First, let’s define a short story: A short story is a work of fiction that can be read in one sitting and ranges in length from 1000 and 20000 words. Short stories usually have a theme, are comprised of one main character, and a transformative event that…

How to Make a Great Story if Yours is Drier Than Burnt Toast Characters. It’s all about the characters. Don’t even ask about plot. Plot doesn’t actually matter, it’s a red herring. …