If you would have told me years ago that I would be here right now, with the completion of my first series, I probably would have laughed. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to write a series. I did. I just didn’t know where to start or even begin to know how to find a […]
Someday
I stumbled across a meme the other day on Pinterest. It said, “Someday you’re going to be someone’s favorite author.” It has a nice ring to it. Wouldn’t you agree? I think most writers dream that they will become a reader’s favorite author. But they don’t stop and think about what it means. I did […]
What I Wish I Knew About Being a Writer
There comes the point in life when you look back at what you’ve done, what you’ve accomplished, and what you dream of doing in the future. Life is full of little moments. Whether they are good or bad. If you laid your life out as a story, you could see all of these moments, or […]
Find Your Way
Fill a room full of writers and ask them how they approach writing and you’ll get lots of different answers. Everyone has a unique way of how they write and come up with their ideas. Some may have to plot out every single detail, while others come up with it as they go. There’s no […]
Ask Yourself Why
One of the things that I love most about the fantasy genre is how you can escape into the story as if you were there along with the characters. I’ve always been a reader. Some of my earliest memories are hiding under the covers with a flashlight, so I could stay up all night to […]
5 Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block
On my last post on the MRP blog, I talked about balancing our schedules. Since then, I would like to say that my balancing has drastically improved, and while it has improved to some degree, life has also got in the way. Doesn’t it always find a way to do that? Now that we’ve talked […]
Balancing Act
You have an excellent idea for a story. It’s been floating around in your mind for a long time, and it won’t leave you alone. You think about it when you get up, off and on during the day, and when you go to sleep at night. It’s begging you to write it down, but […]