Friends of National Novel Writing Month

Whether you’re going in with a story bible or a vague maybe-genre, this can help you.

These days, I’m making an effort to take better care of myself: making sure I eat right, stay active, and do things that keep my creative…

December, what a let down. It’s just eggnog and tinsel and dreidels now. Gone is the heady rush of November’s National Novel Writing Month…

Time is only running out if you don’t see the glass as half-full

Another way to handle what happened before Chapter One

In October 2014 I was browsing through San Francisco’s Dog Eared Books and stumbled upon No Plot? No Problem! by NaNoWriMo founder Chris…

Have a pesky, wooden character (or many) you’d like to develop fully? Want a way to pull them out of their shell and let them shine? Feel…

Plan on writing a novel in one month? It’s easy to dream, and much harder to achieve. My suggestion: go into this with a goal and a plan…