Since 2011, I shared writing advice as the managing editor of Thinking Through Our Fingers and later, wrote for Writers in the Storm, a Writer's Digest 101 Best Website for Writers. I have centralized copies of those posts here.

Craft | Character:

• Exploring a Character’s Past Wound

• How Do Your Characters Love?

• Identifying a Character's Blindspots

• When is Your Character Real?

• Writing a Different Kind of Romance: The Sibling Relationship

Craft | Editing & Revision:

• Demolition & Revision

• How to Beat Your "Negativity Bias"

• Sitting with Discomfort: Negotiating Difficult Critiques

• Tell the Story

• Use Small Details to Strengthen a Story

Craft | Plotting:

• An Easy Guide for Outlining Your Novel

• Emotional Pacing

• Focus on the Heart of Writing

• How to Show the Passage of Time

• The Perk of a Side Writing Project

• Understanding the Inciting Incident

• Writers Need to Start With Why

Craft | Setting:

• Enhancing Your Story Through Macro & Micro Setting Descriptions

• Every Novel Needs a Village

Creative Living:

• Are You a Whole-Hearted Writer?

• Braving Writing

• Courageous Writing: A Theory (by me)

• Dear Writer: Keep Learning

• Depression & Writing

• How To Build Your Own MFA Experience

• How To Survive a Writing Crisis

• How Writers can Breakthrough Being Stuck

• Maintaining Accountability

• Making NaNoWriMo Work for You

• Overcoming Procrastination

• Reflect & Reset

• Remember Why We Write

• Share Your Invisible Work

• The Road to Perfection

• Writer, Care for Thyself

• Writer: You are Separate From Your Craft

• Why I Read – And Why We {probably} All Write

• Why Writing Can’t Be Easy

Writing is a Business:

• Being Courageous & Vulnerable: Writer Edition

• Finding Success at Writer's Conferences

• Fairy Tale vs Reality: A Candid Conversation about Publication

• How Entrepreneurship is like Writing

• Make Your Writing Essential

• Open Your Eyes & Put Your Blinders On

• Reflecting and Goal Setting for Writers

• Unlock Writing Successes Through Planning