What if there were a place where you could… ...access an entire website full of clean YA books that are actually appropriate for 12-18...

The final segment of MJ's and my "Brooding Heroes" Trope Talk series is up, and this time we're discussing how brooding heroes have...

Learn to make your fiction writing more powerful!

Find clean/sweet romance serials on Kindle Vella with the "Just Kisses" tag!

A new Trope Talk video is up! This month we're chatting about the absent or clueless parent trope found in many young adult books. What...

Grab a coffee, pull up a chair, and join us as we chat book tropes! I just launched a fun, new thing on YouTube: Trope Talk with MJ and...

Though I've always been a fiction writer, my first online writing endeavors were actually mostly nonfiction. While working as a Graduate...

I’m very excited to announce a brand new way for me to offer fun, exciting content for all of you while also increasing my ability to...

this newest resource is for fiction-writers who – like me – struggle to keep the big-picture story neatly in mind while writing...

All writers encounter writer's block from time to time. Here are 4 simple techniques to get those words flowing.

a futuristic sci-fi short story

Announcing my new "crash course in fiction writing" guide!

Welcome to the first-ever installment of our brand-new Evil Overlord advice column, brought to you by a coalition of super-villains...

Welcome to Arameth, the world it took me 12 years to build Arameth is my fantasy universe, the place where The Lex Chronicles takes place.

If you’ve followed any of my series on Plotting, you know that I like plotting.But here’s my secret: I didn’t use to plot my stories at all.

Hi, everyone, and welcome to the final post in my “Plotting Your Story” series: Plotting Your Story, Step #7: The Perfect Ending!

Hi, everyone, and welcome to post #6 in my “Plotting Your Story” series: Plotting Your Story, Step #6: Detailed Outlines!

Hi, everyone, and welcome to post #5 in my “Plotting Your Story” series: Plotting Your Story, Step #5: Revelations!

Today’s post is the next in the Plotting Your Story series: Plotting Your Story, Step #4: Thematic Threads!

Today’s post is the next in the Plotting Your Story series: Plotting Your Story, Step #3: External Story (Plot)!