The Inkpen Authoress

April, my loves. April has come with all of its busy glory and I have to say that the front half of it has been impossibly full. For one ...

As a person whose sole job in the world is not  "reading books," my reading habits are sporadic at best. I empathize with people w...

T here are very few patterns I notice in my writing process. I don't stick to one genre, my stories don't come to me all in the same...

Ever read a book and enjoyed it so much that begin to wish you knew the author in real life? Ever become a little bit of a fan-girl and wond...

"I'll wheel you outside where you can sit and crrrrrriticize everyone who passes by." "Criticize? Now Miss Shirley, th...

If finding your voice is so important, how is one to know when that goal has been mainly achieved? Below, I collected ten points that cou...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. In short, it was time to rewrite Fly Away Home . After having sent the book to numero...

Leonato : "Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband." Beatrice : "Not till God make man of some ot...

I may have been silent and-or insipid on this blog the past couple of weeks, but I have good excuse. I decided to role with Au Contraire ...

In the realm of writing, plot bunnies are a frowned-upon species of creation. They can be red-herrings and distract from the current work in...

Here are some funny writing tips I found today. Enjoy reading them. :) Finish your point on an upbeat note...unless you can't th...

“I don’t want to write for adults. I want to write for readers who can perform miracles. Only children perform miracles when they read.” ...

"The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightening and a lightening-bug" ~Ma...

"I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions." -James Michene As a writer, I ca...

A famous man, sometime, somewhere said that when your plot is dragging, bring in a man with a gun. Some authors take this literally. A man...

Goodness Glory...I decided it was about time that I get on to looking at lists of publishers that accept unsolicited manuscripts. But you se...