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How to create a Wiki for your series novels? What is a series? A book series is a sequence of books with common characters, themes,...

Why I outline? If you are reading this blog you either want to learn to outline or you haven’t ever done an outline for a short story,...

How to be a guest author on my blog? What is a guest author blog post? Some authors open up their blogs to other authors to promote their...

What is a subplot? Last week we talked about what plotting was. This week we will talk about what a subplot is and what to do with them....

My Journey Plotting a Short Story What is a Plot when it comes to writing? According to Harvey Chapman, © Novel Writing Help “Plot is...

Matthew John Meagher; matthewjmeagher.com Author/Content-Editor/Co-Owner MARSMEN Ltd. Matthew John Meagher is a Colorado native and uses...

Hello all! First off, a big thanks to Shirley for extending the offer of guest authorship! It is delightful to see each of your thoughts...

What a joy it is to be invited to share some insights into the topic of love on Shirley’s blog this week. I – a returning author – am...

If The Seas Catch Fire Book 3 of The Fire Series I’m drafting this book, so my goal is 50k words in under 30 days. I am taking Sundays...

What I’ve learned about doing my first book tour. What is a book tour? “A book tour is a promotion for a newly published book in which...

Share Your Stories Be a Guest Author What is a Guest Author? A Guest Author in this case is an author that is allowed to take over a blog...

I am currently plotting this 50k word novel for my Camp NaNoWriMo project in April. I will be aiming for 2,273 words a day minus Sundays...

Personal reasons why am I writing 50k words in under 30 days. Book 3 If The Seas Catch Fire is the third book in The Fire Series. There...

Preparing for Camp NaNo Writing Book 3 of The Fire Series NaNoWriMo is a national writing community that has three events in the year....

Making my dreams come true and how you can too. As far back as I can remember I have been an avid storyteller. I often used the worlds I...

What’s it like after publishing your book? Wow-what a crazy week. Some of you know that I live in North Texas and you’ve seen that the...

If you do a few searches on the internet you will find list on top of list on what do to do for a book launch. Learning that this...

Have you ever been working on a project and then you hit the final milestone or you’re so close that it is undeniable that you will make...

Into the Fire is the 1st book in the Fire series and the theme of the series is how friends can be stronger than family. That being said...

Before I can answer this question I have to go a little farther back in time. You would have to learn something about me first before we...