As writers, we always hear that familiar old adage: Write what you know. Most often, we take this to mean that we should write about our own lives. Many well-known books have been based...

The core of a great story comes with a set of compelling characters. While the protagonist will always have the limelight, secondary characters are as important. These range...

Perhaps Ernest Hemingway was being dramatic when he said 'There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at the typewriter and bleed.' But writing a novel is a momentous undertaking...

When you’re writing a novel – especially if it’s your first – it can be easy to second-guess yourself. A lot of us look for a blueprint to follow so that the book we write is the best version...

There are millions of things going on these days that divert our attention from what matters. Scrambling to reply to that email... Hitting 'play' on the next episode of your latest binge...

You've done it! You completed your first novel. Congrats! But now what do you do? Eat an entire pizza? Dance in your living room? Do whatever you please. You deserve it. But, what...