In a great example of “Kill your darlings,” the following is an abandoned snippet from my werewolf tale. I’ve started and erased this story over 2 dozen times and can [...]

Have you ever watched a movie or read a book and suddenly the main character does something so completely uncharacteristic it ruins the entire story? This happens when the writer […]

Opening scenes are hard. They have to do a lot. They have to introduce your characters. They have to set the tone for the story. They have to set the […]

A lot has happened this past year, but it can be summed up in five words: I went back to work. In January of this year, I started a full-time […]