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If you’re the kind to make New Year’s resolutions, how do you decide what it will be? Is it something you wish you would have done over the last year, something you hope to continue, or maybe a brand-new endeavor you have planned? For the past two years I’ve...

From my family to yours – Merry Christmas! What are your Christmas Day traditions? Did you have a big meal with family and friends? Open gifts? Relax the day away? Or did you wake up bright and early for the local 5K race? However you spend the holiday, I hope you...

No, I’m not killing anyone in real life. But when writing about injuring or killing someone, there needs to be a level of realism. Experts in every field often subconsciously judge fiction – TV, movies, and books – for their realism. My dad is a former police officer...

Merry Christmas Eve! Do you have any Christmas Eve traditions? Baking and leaving cookies for Santa, opening presents (even just one!)? Wearing Christmas-themed pajamas and curling up with Christmas movies, popcorn, and hot cocoa? Let’s talk on Facebook!

Hi. I’m Emma. This is a really difficult post to write. My boyfriend Turner and his friend Jay got into some serious trouble last summer. They found that dead man by the creek, and...Jay died. He was wrecked. We all were. Then Turner disappeared. Not a single word....

Last month I talked about ‘alpha readers’ – the readers that see your work in its earliest form. They need to have a writer-reader mindset (a fellow writer would be great for this role!) so they can point out plot holes and other major issues to help strengthen and...