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ProAm Tip #32

All things serve the story. Easy to say, hard to put into practice. As writers, we’re all in love with every word we grunt-and-push out...

ProAm Tips #26 - Shut the hell up.

I go to my coffee shop (no, it’s not StarSchmucks) for a dirty chai on ice. I walk in, I admire the place, I listen to the music I’ve...

The Mercer Street Murders Progress Update

Now that finals for Spanish are over and School’s out for the summer, I’m able to get back to what I really want to do: dive back into...

Ten years, but the wait is over!

It’s been over a decade since I began the urban fantasy trilogy The Veiled Earth. The final book is here! The world has been irrevocably...

ProAm Tips #20

A quick little tidbit about non-dialogue. Or “show, don’t tell.” Do this exercise with me. Head out to your favorite used bookstore and...

ProAm Tips #19

Everyone’s got a gimmick to sell you about how to write. What to do. Where to put your apostrophe. When to run ads. How to frame your...

ProAm Tips #18

Not sweating the small stuff. This is harder than it sounds. As writers, we are also readers. That means we’re primarily consumers of...

ProAm Tips #17

Stages of drafts as I understand them: Draft one: adrenaline. You want to get your first draft on paper as soon as humanly possible....

ProAm Tips #16

Believable villains. Look… it’s easy to make a moustache-twirling Snidely Whiplash villain. Look at basically any movie or tv show. Look...

ProAm Tips #15

Always be writing. I’ve said it before. But unless you have product, the editing, marketing, and sales just won’t happen. I don’t care...