Author of Young Adult and Teen Books
Nothing sends up a larger red flag than when you are editing your work and you see something that doesn’t feel right. Not to mention, this red flag has appeared when you are editing chapter 13 and can’t remember if this is the first time you’ve noticed. In order to get the feel for a …
While it is fantastic to know the plot of your story, it is more important to know your characters. Your character’s story arc should be one that moves your character from one state to another. Your characters needs to live and breathe on the page. So how do you go about developing characters for your …
This is the current book that I’m working on right now. It’s still a struggle to get through, but I think I’m at least happy with the first chapter. Tell me what you think. Chapter 1 The moon glowed eerily outside the large estate and cast long beams of light through the window as it …
Character profiles can be lifesaving when you are trying to determine how your character would react to a certain situation. Keeping your character consistent throughout your story and even planning out their character arcs ahead of time can help you in plotting your story. Perhaps you don’t want an event that changes your character to …
Our literacy specialist came to my classroom to teach a lesson to my 6th graders, and she brought with her articles about cloning. We were about to enter into argumentative writing, and this was the perfect way to have them read and write about an informational text. She then suggested that if they were interested …
Have I been busy? Yes, yes I have. Have I been writing? Of course! Am I working on a new book? Well…. I know that I said that I was going to work on my young adult novel that I sat aside over a year ago, but while I have been working on it, I’ve …
I decided that it was time to go back to writing novels again. I miss writing the YA novels and Tween novels. The one that I have sitting on a thumb drive has been waiting to be finished for almost 4 years now. I’m not even certain if I can remember how I wanted it …
Lately the headlines in my newsfeed has been about AI, and how it will be able to replace humans when it comes to creating written content. Is it possible that a computer program can create written content better than a human? When I think of writing, I think of something personal, whether that personal is …
I’ve been extremely frustrated lately with the fact that when I sit down with every intention to write in the evenings, I can never find that spark of inspiration. What’s the deal? All day at work, I mull over ideas in my head and I’m certain that as soon as I’m home I will put …
I have so much writing to catch up, yet I can never find the time. I have sat down at the laptop multiple times today, but even going over all of my lists of ideas, nothing seemed to jump out at me with inspiration wanting to be placed on the page.