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How I Choose Character Names For My Historical Fiction Novels
Character names are a seemingly small but incredibly significant decision for writers. They can say a lot about who they are or hint at the themes of your story when there's a specific meaning or vibe associated with them. I'll willingly admit that my characters don't feel real to me until they have the perfect name. Everything else falls into place as I go, but my protagonists' names are a must-know thing before I can start drafting a new story. In this post, I'm sharing som
Apr 20, 20256 min read
How To Write Your Author Bio
I have a confession to make: do you remember those icebreaker activities your teachers would make you do during the first day of school? The ones that nearly everyone I know loathed participating in? I secretly loved them. Even though there's nothing like the internal panic of your mind going blank when you're tasked with coming up with an animal that starts with the same letter as your first name (in addition to remembering all of the names and animals that were said before
Apr 13, 20257 min read
A Trap Of Plot Conveniences | What Writers Can Learn From Trap (2024)
Spoiler warning for Trap (2024)! If you haven't seen it yet, bookmark this post and come back once you've given it a watch! via Wikipedia One of the greatest challenges writers face is getting their characters from Point A to Point B. That's why a lot of us, myself included, struggle with writing the middle sections of our books. The beginning may be super clear to us, and we may know where we want things to end up. Getting there is the tricky part. Sometimes, the solutions
Apr 6, 202515 min read
The NaNoWriMo Closure | Where Do I Hope We Go From Here?
I'm writing this on Monday, March 31, 2025. Here in my corner of Connecticut, we're seeing the first daffodils bloom and we're preparing for spring break at the escape room I work at. But nevertheless, it's been dreary with even more rain to follow in the coming days. The sky looks not like one you'd see in the first weeks of springtime, but the middle of November. Which means there's something almost poetic about the email that popped up as I was clocking out tonight: NaNoWr
Mar 31, 20255 min read
I Don't Hate The Miscommunication Trope
If there is one genre known for tropes, it's romance. Whether it's the dynamic of the central relationship or a particular scene, it's safe to say that every romance reader has their favorite tropes that they have fallen head over heels for. But for every trope that gets love, there's one that gets shade—and none seems as disfavored as the miscommunication trope. The trope is exactly as it sounds: a miscommunication between characters causes tension and a conflict they must o
Mar 30, 20258 min read
Yes, You CAN Write Books On A Phone.
I'm a social media introvert. I lurk. I scroll, like and share things, and very rarely comment (mostly because I feel like I'm crashing a party I wasn't invited to when I pop in to the comments). But sometimes, I come across a post that sparks something in my little writer brain and I can't sit quietly with it. And last Monday was no different. A video from author Abby Jimenez popped up in my Threads feed (which I'm unfortunately unable to embed directly into this post so he
Mar 26, 20256 min read
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