We writers spend a lot of time in our heads. We sit hunched over our keyboards, dreaming up plots and characters, themes and worlds. This is as it should be. But sometimes, we need to get out of our heads and into our bodies, especially when we're creating our fictional settings. Setting is the story element that grounds our characters - and our readers - in the physical world. So in order to make our settings come alive, we need to experience them with our bodies as well as

Feeling Fate by Joni Senses I'm currently writing a memor, so I've been doing a lot of reading in the genre lately. Somehow, though, I...

Next weekend, I'll have the honor of presenting at the Epic Write Full-Bodied Writing Retreat on the beautiful Hood Canal in Washington....

A couple of months ago, I had the privilege of reading a review copy of Honeymoon at Sea by Jennifer Silva Redmond. (See my official...

You've just finished the draft of a novel, and you know you need to set it aside to get some distance before you plunge into your next...

As I mentioned in my last post, there are a plethora of writing courses available online, some fabulous, some not so much. Mary Buckham's...

As every writer who has sampled the vast universe of online writing instruction knows, the quality of courses offered can range from...

I'm so pleased to welcome you to my new author website, designed by Peter Lopez of LZ Creative. I hope you'll take some time to poke...