Antici...pation

August 25th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  2 mins 7 secs

beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips

How do you cope when waiting for news?

Loglines Versus Queries

August 18th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  3 mins 11 secs

beta-reading, books, critique, publishing, query, writers, writing, writing tips

The publishing industry uses a lot of terms, and none of them can quite agree on a definition. But, if you're trying to get published, you need to know the difference between a logline and a query letter.

Why I'm Trying To Get Traditionally Published Instead of Going Indie

August 11th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  9 mins

beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips

Why would someone want to be traditionally published instead of dodging the massive gatekeepers and leaning into the supportive Small Press and Indie communities?

(Of course, all this talk doesn't mean I'm not excited to work with small presses as well...)

Season 9: Trailer

August 4th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  46 secs

beta-reading, books, critique, trailer, writers, writing, writing tips

This season, I'll be sharing tips on editing, sending your work to agents, exploring tropes, and more.

How To Save a Fizzled First Draft

June 30th, 2025  |  Season 8  |  4 mins 53 secs

beta-reading, books, critique, writers, writing, writing tips

I've got one almost quick tip to get yourself sorted when you've got a rough draft that just kinda fizzled out...

Writing Rituals To Try When You Can't Get Started

June 23rd, 2025  |  Season 8  |  6 mins 37 secs

beta-reading, books, critique, writer's block, writers, writing, writing tips

Have you ever wanted to sit down and write, but your focus was shot and you just kept dithering instead? One shortcut many writers have found that works for them is the use of writing rituals.

A Writer's Two Worlds

June 16th, 2025  |  Season 8  |  7 mins 38 secs

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In the dream world, we'd sit in front of notebooks and words would flow to the pages, never needing edits or revisions, and nothing would ever interrupt us. Unfortunately, this is the real world. Here are tips on managing to get your writing in, and ways to support your writing. Here are tips, from seasoned authors, on how to balance your personal life with a writing career.

5 Ways Stronger Verbs Can Improve Your Writing

June 9th, 2025  |  Season 8  |  5 mins 23 secs

beta-reading, books, critique, grammar, stephen king, verbs, writers, writing, writing tips

Everyone talks about the importance of "strong verbs", and Stephen King is infamously quoted as recommending getting rid of your adverbs. So, let's do a quick grammar refresher and see exactly how to do this for your writing.

Writing/Illustrating Comics

June 2nd, 2025  |  Season 8  |  7 mins 1 sec

beta-reading, books, comic books, comics, critique, illustrator, writers, writing, writing tips

"Learn the ins and outs of what goes into creating a great comic book!" Or, at least, my notes from panelists talking about what they think makes a great comic book.

Writing With Meisner

May 26th, 2025  |  Season 8  |  4 mins 33 secs

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Meisner is an acting method with the focus of staying in the moment and responding to present circumstances. By applying the basics of Meisner, authors can resolve or worsen the conflict, build deep characters, and avoid plot holes while staying dynamic, present, and responsive in their manuscript. While I usually don't usually write up workshops, I have to gush about the titular workshop with Ian Kirkpatrick at Imaginarium 2021.