What is success in Hollywood? Is it being Tom Cruise? Or Margot Robbie? Do you need to be Taylor Swift to be a success? My opinion?...

'Tis the season to be jolly, and what better way to embrace the holiday spirit than by writing a heartwarming Christmas romance?...

As a writer, I'm constantly juggling multiple scripts and novels. This is not just a personal preference, but a necessity in the business...

PHOTO- Hallmark, CHRISTMAS IN LOVE Happy June! I'm writing this post because it keeps coming up in writing groups that I am in with...

Well, what can I say? I took a year of hiatus from this blog and my other blogS- plural, yeah, I have a few blogs- and I took almost a...

It's frustrating to see so many mislabeling Hallmark's (and other channels like it) as romantic comedies when they are straight-up...

Critics slammed this film, so we skipped it the weekend it opened, even though the trailers looked amazing because we read all the bad...

If you are writing or have written a romantic comedy you will want to know your main story beats. Here are some practical tips for...

You are writing a romantic comedy, but it's not working. Why? Maybe it's because you are following how to write a romance and not a...

The answer isn't yes or no. How annoying, right? Sorry, but that's just the way it is. In my professional opinion, it's better to...

So, you want to write a romantic comedy but have no idea how or where to start? I will have a couple 8 part series of blogs coming out,...

I decided to start a new blog and then I realized that I could just change this one, so from now on this blog is dedicated to all things...

December is HALF over! Wait! What? NO! OMG, so I signed up with some other writers to write a screenplay this month---easy-peasy, right?...

So, yay, my 18th NaNo is complete. Do I have 18 books published? Nope, not even close. I have had three novels published, for those of...

Looks like I may hit 50K on November 13th--but like a marathon, sometimes when you start fast, you fizzle faster, but I'm hoping that I...

I'm super excited to be joining NaNoWriMo for the 19th time--yup, because I've done CampNaNo, this is my 19th time. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE...

Hello lovely writers and followers! As many of you know, I've also been consulting writers since about 2008 when I started coaching...

Hello, writers!!! So, today, I'm talking about the oh so evil words that no writer and no book coach or developmental editor wants to say...

Good morning dear writers! It's almost December 1st and that's why I'm talking about revising your story. You have finished the new novel...

FIRST PAGES When agents ask for your first 5 or 10 pages it's because in those pages they will learn everything they need to know about...