January 15, 2026
How to Get Back into Writing Your Novel
If you’ve stepped away from your novel-in-progress for a few weeks or months and are now feeling ready to get back to work, you’re in the right place.
October 23, 2025
It Takes Grit to Write a Great Middle Grade or Young Adult Novel
Grit--a combination of passion for a big goal and perseverance toward achieving that goal--is key to writing a great novel for kids.
September 15, 2025
How a Book Coach Can Help You Achieve Your Writing Goals
My job as a book coach is to help you transform your manuscript into a novel you’d be thrilled to see displayed on a bookstore shelf.
August 31, 2025
Why Great Secondary Characters Matter
Great characters are a key component of great fiction—especially for kid readers. Great characters pull readers into your story so deeply that they’ll want to read your novel instead of playing video games, messing around on their phone, or goofing around on the Internet.
August 21, 2025
Are Your Secondary Characters Working Hard Enough?
Secondary characters need interesting flaws, wants, and desires too. Especially if your goal is to make your story unputdownable. Use this "performance review" to assess your characters.