A Working List of Terrible Character Motivations

I was soaking in the tub last night and pondering how to motivate two of my characters to go where… Read more A Working List of Terrible Character Motivations

Wordless Wednesday: “My First Acceptance Letter”

Wordless Wednesday: “I Want to be a Writer”

Check out my new guest post, which continues my “Behind the Scenes” writing series. Loving Writing as a Process.

If you have a minute, check out my “Behind the Scenes” post on “Writer, Writer, Pants on Fire” about writing… Read more Guest Blog: Writing What You DON’T Know

Painters would never dream of putting brush to canvas without first mixing their paint, yet writers often begin a draft… Read more Behind the Scenes: Creating Your Palette

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work,… Read more On Writing Well

Part 3 (Read part 1 and part 2) (Spoilers ahead!) The night Penny died Nols wasn’t there. She had worked… Read more Rip Current

Published in Think Journal in 2010; Finalist in the Delaware Beach Life Writing Contest 2007 Part 1 Penny’s four roommates… Read more Rip Current

Check Point Charlie. Berlin. November 1989. Freedom. As a border guard on the east side of the Wall you had… Read more Classic German Army Cold Weather Parka (In the Style of J. Peterman)