CLEAN Everything was a mess. She walked around the entire house pursing her lips and shaking her head in disgust at the mess. Dust clouded every area of the rooms and dirty clothes were scattered about. “What is...

Via IMDB Title: Freedom Writers Starring: Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey Rating: PG-13 Summary (from IMDB): A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school. My Review: Based...

            The box turtle banged against the side of its clear tank. Her long neck stretched all the way out, her face pressed into the glass. If she could talk, she’d be yelling at her owner to take...

As writers, we poke and prod at our characters so often. We constantly have bad things happen to them in order to give them conflict and move the plot along. Let something good happen to your character. Let...

Guest bloggers visit my website twice a month on Tuesday and Thursday. If you would like to be part of this, feel free to check out the Be A Guest Blogger page. This week’s guest post is brought...

Maybe you created a brand new world and need to give background on its history. Or maybe your novel switches back and forth between the past and the present to get your plot across. Maybe, like me, you...

            Lilah stood beside George upon entering Marie’s bedroom for the second time. She looked up at the detective wondering what his plan was. The teenager’s bedroom didn’t seem to be any place of interest, so she didn’t...

Last week’s writing prompt was a general exercise. Check out some great pieces by fellow writers: The Bag Lady This, That, and The Other Pensitivity101 Morpethroad Now check out this week’s prompt: Write a story based on the picture above....

It’s crazy to think that another year has already come and gone. I feel like we just said goodbye to 2016 and hello to 2017. 2017 was a great year. It had its ups and downs of course,...

Still Behind… Well, that’s a lie. I’m not behind on Camp NaNo. Today we’re supposed to be at 11,296 or something random like that. I’m past that number. But when it comes to my goal, I should have...