Author: finerwords@msn.com

Bob and I had such a great time talking about ways to introduce characters. By using examples from Emma, Lord Jim, The […]

Announcing my 3 winners of the Writing Day Workshop First Pages Contest! I’m looking forward to talking with these authors and critiquing […]

Mentoring for writers on Patreon! Workshops, Master Classes and (soon) live Zooms! Over 153 videos and posts so far and I’m adding […]

I had a wonderful time chatting with Erin Nieto, author of Love & Conductivity! Erin had a real life adventure as an art […]

I’m back with Robert Spiller and this week we’re talking about our experience with critique groups. Some things worked for us, and […]

If you’d like to pitch to me via Zoom at an online conference, or meet me in person, here’s my 2025 conference […]

Writing Day Workshop is running a First Pages Contest for 1) young adult fiction, 2) romance, women’s, historical, and 3) adult sci-fi […]

I’m back with Robert Spiller and we’re talking about a different way to think about a writing rule. Here, we go draft […]

As an author, how do you get your readers to feel? Is there some skill that has to be learned or does […]

15 Query Letter and Submission Mistakes To Avoid, taught by Brandy Vallance. Once you understand some basics about crafting a query and submitting […]