Pretzels and Möbius Strips: On the Question of Plot Twists
When I was in junior high, I read Asimov’s “Foundation Trilogy.” I absolutely loved it. I re-read it multiple times throughout the years,...
Bending an Ear: When to Listen to Writing Advice
Beta readers, workshopping, editors, agents, publishers – so much advice for your work, and so much of it contradictory! One says your...
Reassembled: Dr. Frankenstein Just Called
It was the middle of 2019. I had a major event in September, and I’d been really hoping to finish my book and get it out in print by...
Agency: What Does It Do?
"Agency" – it’s is a very popular buzzword these days. Sexual agency, personal agency, the agency of minority groups– it gets thrown...
A Journey through Writer's Block
There is often an assumption made that writer’s block is all one thing. That also implies there is one single solution for all writer’s...
How Do I Know if My Writing Is Good?
This is a very tricky, multi-part question, because there is no single objective answer. It is a mixture of objective and subjective...