Only one more sleep before Grit for Writers hits Amazon bookshelves! To say I’m excited is an understatement. I wanted to share with you an
As the Holiday Season is upon us, I wanted to say thank you, thank you, thank you, for making 2017 a wonderfully rewarding year. To
The brain loves short-cuts. I don’t blame it, so do I. If I’ve got a whole heap of research to do, I’ll skim the document
There are a gazillion writing craft books out there. I personally love them, but that’s because I love to devour information (right now I’m reading
Dramatic characters capture our attention just by merit of their personality. The opposite of introverts, they feed off the attention of others and are willing
We’ve talked about the character wound on PsychWriter before when I explored the negative core belief. We know it’s a painful past event that changes
We’ve talked about character wounds, those painful past events that change who your character is, and how central they are to a character arc. Essentially,
Humans are social creatures, and you don’t need to be a psychologist to know that. Whenever something excitingly wonderful or life-changingly awful happens we want
The manuscript that I’m currently working on has a character with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. This character is the father of my protagonist, and seeing
We all know that ‘show, don’t tell’ is best practice as a general rule (just like any writing ‘rule’, there are always exceptions), but it’s
I’m currently writing my first book for PsychWriter, Grit for Writers. It focuses on the on the passion and perseverance we need to succeed in
With relapse rates of around 40 to 60 percent, recovery from addition is tough. And yes, by addiction we usually refer to drugs or alcohol.
It was R U OK? Day here is Australia this week, an annual day in September dedicated to reminding people to ask family, friends and
Writing is tough. Sure, there’s the days when we hit our ‘flow’ state; words pour from our minds faster than we can type, plot twists
I read a book recently, a contemporary romance, where the male protagonist had a diagnosis of ADHD. It was a well written, beautiful love story
Character wounds are the foundation of a strong, memorable character. Why? Because they make characters complex, authentic (I challenge you to find me a person
take on the YA / NA literary world
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