Not all books are for everyone. Everyone has different book genre preferences, and that’s okay. If they didn’t, we wouldn’t have niches; everyone would just be reading the same few books in the same few genres. I thought I would… Read More »The Fiction Books That Inspired My Own Books
I came across these rules recently, as I have been delving into refreshing myself with all the ins and outs of the Chicago Manual of Style — to prepare myself for becoming a professional editor. These are all things that left me… Read More »6 Grammar Rules Your Teachers Hammered Into You as a Child That Just Aren’t True
When I was in high school, my twelfth grade writers’ craft teacher told me that majoring in psychology for undergrad was one of the best decisions she made for her writing. The school she had gone to at the time… Read More »Want to Write Good Fiction? Study Psychology
Being a writer or a content creator is not easy work. Staying on top of one platform and making sure you create consistently enough is hard enough as it is. Now throw in multiple platforms you need to keep track… Read More »How to Make the Most of Trello as a Writer and Creator
Aspiring authors have often come to me asking how it’s possible to write honestly, while at the same time, not being afraid of their own words and what others think of them. I understand the struggle of speaking your truth.… Read More »Afraid to Write? Try Writing Outside Yourself
Being a writer means writing is my passion. And as a fiction writer, there’s nothing else I would rather be doing with my time than weaving together intricate plots in my mind, creating colourful settings and lively relatable characters, and… Read More »Best Tools for Writing Fiction
Maybe you’ve decided to take the leap and create your own ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ book. You might have read my article Would Your Novel Work as a ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Story? and mapped out exactly what the plot… Read More »How to Self-Publish Your Own ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Ebook
I can come to you while you are sitting on the living room couch, book or popcorn in hand, in the midst of a dramatic sequence of a piece of romantic media, and I can tell you that the two… Read More »Why You Can Never Fully Spoil a Story
As I was scrolling through editing a novel I had recently finished writing, I came to a section in the plot where the protagonist has to think about whether to duck into a sketchy alleyway and hide from the villain… Read More »Would Your Novel Work as a ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Story?
After browsing through and experimenting with free software currently available to build your own ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’, I narrowed the list down to a small number of programs. I list them below, along with the benefits of each. I… Read More »Alternatives to Inklewriter to Use for Your Interactive Novel or Text-Based Game