The title may sound like a no-brainer. Fiction is full of dialogue; of course you need to know how to write it! That’s what I thought too. Then I joined a critique group and discovered that one of the aspiring authors didn’t know how to punctuate dialogue. While judging for a writing contest, I read a […]
You Are an Author
You’ve followed your creative urge, spend hour upon hour for months curled over your keyboard pecking out words, paragraphs, and chapters, and you’ve finally finished a novel. You’ve shared your accomplishment with friends and family, and now they’re starting to call you a writer–an author. Maybe you laugh and agree. Or possibly you glow with […]
The Bitterness Bug
Nobody likes bug bites. They itch, they swell, and sometimes they become infected. These bites affect our physical bodies in ways we easily see and feel. The bitterness bug, on the other hand, burrows under our mental skin. It bites in unobtrusive places where we can’t see the marks, yet they still itch and annoy […]