Episode 034: Think Big

Too often, well meaning people discourage writers from “thinking big,” or getting too big for our britches. They want to protect us from disappointment, but what they are really doing is crushing our inspiration and motivation.  I want writers to get clear...

Episode 033: Trust Your Instincts

What happens when you get in a fix and a story stalls out on you? Or runs away from you? Or forgets to that that left turn at Albuquerque?  In this episode I talk about the metamorphosis of my in-progress novel, The Bones & Brews Café, which was originally...

Episode 032: Why are you Outlining?

A deep look at outlining from the perspective of whether it is actually helping you or not, and why it is helping you (if it is!). Links discussed in this episode: 10 Different Outlining Techniques Brian Sanderson’s BYU 2020 class...

Episode 031: Trust Your Obsessions

Inspired by part of a graduation ceremony speech Neil Gaiman gave wayyyyy back in 1997, this episodes starts from there and spirals out into talking about the value of your obsessions to you as a writer, not just as “things that you can talk about in a...

Episode 030: 1 Million Words

1 Million Words! Have you written that many? Do you know, or are you guessing? Thanks to the stats page for my first fandom account at AO3, I knew pretty close to the day when I went over the 1 million word mark officially. However, I’m fairly certain I had hit...