Genre Focus: Romance

Thanks to bensound.com for the intro and outro music. ASK THE AUTHOR: From Caleb Walton via aarongansky.com: I was listening to an older podcast about the active/passive voice. You made a good point about the first person present tense used in the Hunger Games and how...

POV- 2nd Person

Thanks to bensound.com for the opening music! Ask the Author: Stephen McLain via Facebook: Ask several full-time, high- performing authors about their daily ritual–not focusing on just their writing rituals, but how they frame their lives. It’s practical and...

POV: 1st Person

Special thanks to www.bensound.com for the intro and outro music! Ask the Author: Jacqueline Patterson via Facebook: How do you know when a book truly is finished? With every new draft, I get a million new ideas that radically change the story. Well, maybe *less* than...

Plot and Structure: Scenes and Outlines

Ask the Author: James Earls via Facebook: What do you do when you want to write, but your mind is so cluttered w/life’s junk. (Most of it petty) like dumb arguments, anger–things that seem to get in the way of your writing. Not necessarily talking writer’s block here....