Here is an overly simplified business plan to help small press and self-published writers understand the realities of what they can expect if they take up writing as a career. Year 1 Spend 1 year writing 1 novel. You go to writing conferences and buy books on writing, etc. Cost $1,000. Year 2 Write book […]

Chapter 1 – Scarlett Rescue I don’t know who I am. Eldra’s memories are dominating my mind. Add in Kendra’s, Lexy’s, and Caradoc’s memories, and I think I’m losing myself. —Jake “When I pull this door open, all hell is going to break loose,” I spoke verbally instead of mentally through the Trinity of Mind […]

I couple days ago, I discussed Painting with Dialogue, which involved changing text where you are telling to text where you are showing using dialog. However, what if the text that you need to change is already dialog. How do you paint the dialog itself? Consider two people conversing. When they talk, do they hold perfectly still? […]