My Thoughts on Reading / Writing

Burn the Boats Let's Chat!

Burn the Boats

There’s a fantastic quote that says, “If you want to take the island, burn the boats.” It’s most commonly associated with motivational speaker Tony Ro…
Analyzing Subplots Let's Chat!

Analyzing Subplots

Still working on making sense of the hot mess that is the first book of my Dagger Trilogy. One of the book’s major problems was that I had a lot of di…
Doing What’s Fun Let's Chat!

Doing What’s Fun

I was having a talk with my writing friend J. G. Lynn, and we were discussing our goals for the week, and the most frequently used phrase in that conv…
Writing Memories Let's Chat!

Writing Memories

I don’t consider myself a memoir kind of writer. I’ve read some extremely good memoirs, and I’ve always known that this particular style of writing wa…