I'm writing this post at 1:26am because I stayed up till 12:20am writing and I have spent the last hour loading vlog footage, screaming...

It has finally come to this...the last battle...the final, desperate moment before the sun rises and shatters the darkness... I figured...

Writing Prompt #2 - write a short story revolving around one fall family tradition. Mari slammed the door and starting tearing at her...

Writing Prompt for Week 1: You come home from school to find a box on your porch. What’s inside? Her hands were shaking as she walked...

Goodbye, Summer...Hello, Fall! Okay, I'll give Summer this - 2018 is the first year in forever that I've actually been hesitant to see...

AuthorTube fans - here is a chance to get an insider look at the writer journey of self-published author Natalia Leigh! At some point,...

So which is it? Do you rewrite or do you edit? Or do you revise? Does it matter? Oh, it does matter? Okay. Are they interchangeable? Are...

You asked. I answered. At long last (and after a LOT of technical difficulties), I am FINALLY adding the option to purchase SIGNED COPIES...

For those of you that have been asking about my novel...I still can't say much. It's too far from the publication date. However... Since...

I've seen people do these posts before - and yet I am still finding out things as I progress in my writer journey that I somehow missed...

Want to know where I've been for four weeks? I'VE BEEN WRITING! And as much as I've missed posting weekly, it was oh so worth it. In this...

Your dream is to have a home office just for writing. After all, you want to make a living off of it. And what could make it feel more...

Looking for some good music to go with that epic scene you're writing? Look no farther! Here is this week's playlist for five favorite...

I tend to hesitate before clicking "play" on any Netflix originals. In my experience, they tend to be a slush pile of "meh"s and "heck...

You've got a hero. And she's REALLY a hero! But something's wrong and you're not sure what. A lot of new writers struggle with one simple...

I've been writing stories since I was six years old. (Seriously. I have the very first book I ever wrote - AND illustrated - sitting on...

Last week I FINALLY sat down with my laptop. My three-year-old was in her quiet time with her favorite kid's show on the tablet. My...

When I first heard Pacific Rim: Uprising was coming out, I hemmed and hawed over getting excited. Let's face it. Hollywood is NOT well...

...Then I started doing the exercises in Donald Maass's amazing book Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook (a book YOU MUST get if you are...

Today, I pulled out my writing journal and began listing all the books I wanted to write someday. Let me tell you - it was a LONG list!...