To Outline or Not to Outline? That is the Question

Are you a pantser or a planner? Do you find joy in meticulously planning out every aspect of your novel before you actually sit down to write or do you just sit down and let the words flow and see what's happens? When I first started writing I swore I was a pantser. I sat …

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The Life of a Writer

“The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.” — Samuel Johnson The life of a writer is not one for the faint of heart. The ups and downs of the process are akin to riding a …

Frank Herbert: Incredible World Builder or Just Plain Confusing?

Have you found yourself reading a book in which the world was built so intricately, and so realistically that you honestly thought you were there? The writing was so well done that as the words flowed from the pages, you could picture every part of the world in your mind? I have. It's an incredible …