The life of a writer is generally considered a lonely one. I was thinking about it the other day, trying to figure out what exactly makes it so (you may wonder why that takes some thought. Well, ask an introvert if they think they are lonely, and you may get a more complex answer than “yes,” including, but not limited to, “no”). And here are the reasons I came up with: We tend to stay home a lot… really, that’s about it. We are actually a more social species than many people

There is a character I really want to start writing about. I have his whole backstory in my head, and I just love it so much I can barely keep it there any longer. I might have to write his backstory and just keep it on my computer because I just can’t stop thinking about him. However, I have noticed that he is my most tragic character yet. It got me thinking about the characters we tend to get attached to. As writers and story creators, we often put our characters through th

I love coffee. It’s been a love of mine since I was a kid, specifically iced coffee. But I have a problem. Coffee caffeine makes me so jittery that it feels like my soul has been struck by lightning. Okay, so I’m being a little melodramatic. But it’s not fun, and I often get a migraine the next day. My solution? Tea. It has been said that tea caffeine is better for you and doesn’t have quite as bad an impact on your nerves. For me at least, that seems to be true. So, sadly, I

Some writer friends of mine recently encouraged me to tackle a sci-fi standalone that I’ve been wanting to write. It’s been slow going. But it’s going! And that makes me happy. However, I am having to do a bit of brain training...