I have received editorial notes before for short stories, but nothing quite as intimidating as Ye Olde Professionally Edited Manuscript. F...

I have nothing left to reveal today; the ABC's of Writing series has reached its conclusion. On this Friday, I leave you with this, a c...

The last day of June marks the deployment of the last two letters of the alphabet, "Y" and "Z" for the final Twin Bill ...

A week so EPIC, we have a twin bill for Wednesday! Today's ABC's of Writing installment is brought to you by the letters "W...

My ABC's of Writing series continues today with the letter "V." Some may say "V" is for "Vendetta." Bu...

This is it, ladies and gentlemen, the final week of my ABC's of Writing! The week in which I come up with writing terms for those oft-u...

Week four wraps up with the letter "T." Ah, Twitter. I used to hate it. In fact, I once said if Twitter were a person, I'd...

We are drawing closer and closer to the end of the alphabet. For this Thursday, I proudly present the letter "S." Hopes and dr...

I suppose the letter "Q" (query letter) goes quite well with our next entry. The brick wall. This. Will. Happen. I don...

We definitely have our "P's" and "Q's" straight as we continue forward on this journey through the writing alph...

We enter our fourth week in my ABC's of Writing Series. We stopped at "O" last week, which means this week begins with "...

We round out the third week of my ABC's of Writing with the letter "O." Not every story has an outline and not every write...

The letter "N" brings us today's entry in the ABC's of Writing. The manuscript needs to grow up. It often acts like a ...

From the aspirant legend, we move onto something more concrete with the letter "M." Sculptors have clay and marble. Painters h...

Our next entry is brought to you by the letter "L." "L" is for Legend. This isn't a vain declaration of my impen...

Oh, "K." If I really thought about it, I could've come up with something fabulous for this one. Instead, "K" is ...

Round Two wraps up with the letter "J." You didn't think you'd escape from this without a Star Wars reference somewhe...

We've almost been at it for two weeks, folks! Almost there! For this Thursday, we focus on the letter "I." The idea. It ...

Today's ABC's of Writing entry brought to you by the letter "H." But it's got Walken in it, which means it's auto...

The next stop? Oh, "G," that was easy. Gotta tell you, these introductions are getting tedious, but the ABC's of Writing T...