Comics and other graphic texts are one of the fastest growing areas of publishing, and they seem to be getting stronger each year. If you haven’t considered getting graphic, you might want to. This post is for creators, especially writers, who are interested in graphic story-telling. Even if your art skills are limited to crooked […]
One-on-One Support for Writers & Creators!
August 30, 2023 by · Leave a Comment
The creative path can be a challenging one. You don’t have to walk it alone. Learn to thrive personally and creatively through CreativePersonalDevelopment.com. The work I do with clients is informed by decades of experience writing, publishing, and teaching, and by my research into ways to enhance creative practices that I did for books […]
The One Thing I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Creating Characters
April 24, 2023 by · 6 Comments
There’s a lot of conflicting advice out there about characters. Do you make them quirky and unusual (like Amelia Bedelia), or more ordinary (like Charlie Brown)? Do you make them heroic (someone readers might aspire to be, like Katniss), or deeply flawed (like FH in Jesus’s Son)? Do you make them raw and human (like […]
