Writing is subjective enough. So many important decisions that influence our careers depend on if an assistant got the right coffee that m...

One of the most interesting (and terrifying) parts of the recent Las Vegas Writers Conference was a panel they did during Friday lunch. Befo...

On Monday we talked about ways to polish up and beautify your sentences  and we're going to continue that discussion today. I got thes...

I told you I was going to give you some of the best advice I learned at the recent Las Vegas Writer's Conference. Here we go. I went t...

See, we writers do math too. Sort of. Some of us (not me) much better than others. Anyway, I've recently begun edits on Keeper, no...

[ This is a re-blog of a post I did back in 2010 ] Every writer has their own unique method, style, and voice, and with this comes unique is...

How many of you have heard of the Pyramid of Abstraction? To me, this provides a great mental image of good writing. The base of your writin...

We all know cliche is our enemy. It dulls our voice and makes us seem amateurish. But what are the specific tools we can use to fight it? He...