Writing advice, creative musings, and book reviews
How Busy Writers Can Boost Productivity Without Burnout
Are you a writer looking to boost your productivity and finish a book? Stick around to find out my five tips for finding time to write while avoiding burnout…
2026 Quarter One Reading Wrap-Up & Book Reviews
Inside this article, I’m sharing book reviews and my quarter one reading wrap-up for 2026. So far, I’ve read one non-fiction, two fiction short stories, and five fiction novels…
How to Develop Memorable Story Ideas for Fiction
Want better story ideas? Learn proven methods to brainstorm, develop, and refine memorable fiction concepts for your next novel…
A Guide: How to Write Female Characters with Femininity
Femininity seems to have disappeared from literature with the rise of the strong female character. This new archetype of feminism doesn’t actually reflect a strong female, but its inverse. Let’s rediscover how to write female characters with femininity…
Where Did All the Heroes Go? The Lost Art of Writing Heroic Characters
Heroes have always inspired the masses; they liberate our perspectives and help us believe in the impossible. A hero reminds us that there is goodness in a world shaded by shadows. They evoke a spiritual strength within us, so we may embody the essence of a hero to better our everyday lives. In this article, we’re showing you how to write a heroic character in the modern age…
2025 Reading Wrap-Up and 2026 Reading Goals
The end of a year is a reflective time. For us readers, we carry inside our hearts the many adventures we embarked upon, many of which lived between book covers…
Set Writing Goals: An Author’s Guide and Planner
Are you ready to set and achieve your writing goals in 2026? Find out how to set new writing goals and join a free monthly email program with our book coaches…
How to Write a Short Story: Outlining and Form
Short stories are a powerful art form for learning how to tell a whole and cohesive story. In this article, we’re showing you how writing short stories will strengthen your novel writing, and the various outlining and writing forms you can imbue into your craft…
When It’s Time to Hire a Book Coach
Let’s be honest: after the shine of a new story idea wears off, it can be tough to finish your novel. Maybe you don’t know what the point is anymore, and you can’t finish writing it. This is when it’s time to hire a book coach…
How to Write Free Verse Poetry
In this blog post, I’m covering how to write free verse poetry by breaking down my poetry writing process and analyzing an original poem I wrote for a forthcoming collection.
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