How To Support Your Writer Friends
Have a writer friend or other creative type in your life? How can you show them your support? Here are 3 ways to support your writer...
NaNo Now What? 3 Tips For After Winning NaNoWriMo
You did it! You wrote 50,000 words in 30 days. Now that the writing frenzy is over, you may be asking yourself: What do I do now? I've...
Working on Writing: Building Conflict
Conflict is essential to any story because let's be real, without it there is no story! This video is excellent for novice writers,...
Why NaNo? 3 Reasons to NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo 2015 is upon us! Starting November 1st writers will pull out their laptops/Macbooks/pens/pencils/typewriters and set out to...
Write a Query Letter in 5 Steps
This video gives 5 simple steps for writing a query letter. While I can give you the formula, it's still up to you to WOW! that agent or...
What's Your Writing Personality?
Wha'ts your writing personality? Are you a plotter, pantser, or binger? Watch my video vlog to find out what each style means and which...
Interactive Notebooks In Your Middle School ELA Classroom
This year I am trying out interactive notebooks in my language arts classroom. I got the idea from a team of science teachers at my...
Using Graphic Novels to Enrich and Reach Reluctant Readers
Recently, I had the pleasure of reading the graphic novel adaptation of A Wrinkle In Time. I loved it so much the next day I started...
How to Write Log Lines in 5 Simple Steps
Whether you are a published author looking to pitch or query agents, or haven't even begun writing yet, you need to know how to write log...















