Researching: Wacky Festivals!

Researching: Wacky Festivals!

The great thing about research is you can (pretend to) be productive while procrastinating on all the things on your todo list. It’s so much fun! The new series I’m writing takes place in a small mountain town where there are lots of festivals and fairs to...
World Building

World Building

World Building is one of the most enjoyable things authors get to do. For mystery authors (of the non-paranormal persuasion), this could be called Town Building, since we usually set our fictional worlds on earth, and the normal rules of physics apply. My new series...

Starting again…

It can be exciting to start something new. Exciting and scary sometimes. Will it be any good? Will people like it? I like it. A lot. So that’s enough for me, though I do hope readers like it too! What is this “it” of which I speak? A new series....

Plotting v. Pantsing

If you’re with one or more authors, an easy way to start a lively debate is to ask them if they plot. The writing word is divided into two types of writers: Plotters and “Pantsers.” Pantsers write by the seat of their pants, which is how they got...