WARNING: This post is not for the faint of heart (cliché!). A first draft is a GREAT achievement. After you’ve finished, you definitely deserve a pitcher of margaritas or a giant ice cream cake or tickets to an NFL game or whatever makes you super happy. But it’s definitely not the end. It’s only the […]

I apologize in advance for this EPIC of a blog post. A while back, I was told my writing “read too young.” I tried to brush it off, but I couldn’t figure it out. I often have scenes featuring “adult” topics: death, sex, drinking, college, etc. But then I have scenes where my characters roll […]