So You Want To Be a Writer? A Dream Turned Into Reality

Many people ask me how I make money as a writer, and I always tell them it’s not easy. Just like anything else in life, you have to work at it and that means perseverance, and making time to write.

I have not always been so blessed with being able to do what I dreamed of doing. I have held numerous jobs including vacuum sales, debt collecting, box office ticketing, special ed teacher, and traveling toy salesman. These jobs were simply stepping stones that lead me to say goodbye to the normal 9-5 grind and hello to the unknown world of Renaissance festivals and writing books.

Ten Words You Should Know As a Writer (And If Not, Should Learn!)

  As a writer it can be super hard to try to find that word.  You know that word that says exactly what you want to say and give the extra oomph to a scene in your story.  For example, you want to convey how much your main character hates her sister, but the word […]

Game of Thrones Ep.10: Fire and Blood

EPIC! EPIC! EPIC! Okay, true confession: I finished the book about a day after the Baelor episode because after my heartbreak over Ned, I not only had to catch up to that part of the book, but I just had to know what happenedI was still super psyched about this episode, as well as little […]

8 Proofreading Tips And Techniques

Whether you are writing a magazine article, a college essay or an email to a client, getting your text free of mistakes is essential. The spell checker helps, but it is far from foolproof. That is where proofreading comes in. Below you will find 8 tips and techniques to make your proofreading sessions more effective.

Character Development Complex Character

As I mentioned in my last blog, characters can make or break your story. They need to be interesting and they need to make sense. Having great characters leads to a great story. The goal is to make sure the reader will enjoy your characters, fall in love with them, hate them, or empathize with them, and ultimately your story can be successful. Creating these characters may not come easy. It is possible to have a great idea for a character but not the tools to create one. Knowing the mechanics of how to write a character aids in the creation process. First we will focus on Complex characters.

Don’t Start Your Story at the Beginning

As writers we know that the first chapter’s main job is to hook your reader into the rest of the story (M. McGriff talks about that First Chapter pressure on her blog).  You want to immerse your reader into story by giving them the info they need and introduce your main character.  So you go […]

Bringing your Character to Life: The Four Character Components

  rewrite my essay Now that your character has been properly profiled, it’s time to give them some more depth by assigning them character components.  Character components create the core personality of your character that is defined in the actions they take in certain situation.  These four components are: Body – The physical aspect of […]

Brave Trailer

OMG I haven’t been excited about a PIXAR movie since Toy Story!  Is it that the movie poster is way cool?  Or could it be that it has a female heroin and she happens to be a fellow Irish girl like me?  Or am I always a sucker for legends and fantasy adventures? Yep.  All […]

Civilization – Perspectives: Crusaders and Muslims

The bloodshed from faith was to be led by the march of forgiveness for each sin acquired by a knight of the crusade. Victory was promised by their God and his divinity blessed each of their actions above that of their enemies. This was the perspective of the Christian. The bloodshed from faith that was […]

Fantasy Fights: Hannibal Lechter vs. Joker~~ Episode I

These are two of my all time favorite characters, hands down. So this is how I believe such an unlikely and yet undeniably epic encounter will play out: