Writing 101

Since January 2016, I've started writing a series of (hopefully) helpful articles on writing. If you're interested in creative writing, you can't go far wrong with these three books. They offer a great initiation into the art of writing.

That said, I wanted to share a few of my own tips and observations. Admittedly, I was a late bloomer with grammar and spelling. It's only because I became passionate about writing that I made the effort to improve. Many of the lessons I've learned are still fresh every time I look at my backlist. Hopefully I can help others to sidestep the major pitfalls, and provide a few quick fixes for common challenges. 

If you need extra help, check out my mentoring page.

• Books on Writing: My top picks for new writers
• The History of Creative Writing 
• Character Perspective 
• More on First Person v. Third Person
• Formatting a Novel
• The Past Isn't Perfect: Switching from past perfect to simple tense to engage readers
• Repeatedly Repeating Repetition: Avoiding repetition
• Ready to Edit: Three Top Tips: The obvious, adjectives and little words 
• New Year Autobiography Exercise
• Punctuating a Manuscript