(Click to Read Day Two) No doubt about it, writing a novel is hard. Many make the attempt, but few stick it out till “The End”. So when I finally wound up my paranormal thriller The 5 with those very words, the feeling was indescribable. What a rush! Kind of akin to how I felt […]

Sometimes I think that Seed will never reach fruition (no pun intended). My novel-in-waiting, Seed (one I’ve been chipping away on for longer than I want to think about) is under the knife. I’m cutting ruthlessly. Like Chapter 26. The whole thing. Actually, I’m dumping the current Chapter 26 and re-writing it. And I really

If you’re a new writer, you’ve heard this caveat ad nauseam: start your novel in the middle of the action. And it’s good advice, so you jump into the story, set your scene, and plunk your hero smack dab into the eye of the storm – and then you pause, fingers poised above the keyboard.